Labiodental consonant

Labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lips and the upper teeth, or viceversa.

The labiodental consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

IPA Symbol	Name	Example		Meaning
p̪	Voiceless labiodental plosive	''no English equivalent
b̪	Voiced labiodental plosive	''no English equivalent
ɱ	labiodental nasal	English	[ˈkʰæɱ.fɚ]	camphor 1
f	Voiceless labiodental fricative	English	[fæt]	fat
v	Voiced labiodental fricative	English	[væt]	vat
ʋ	labiodental approximant	Dutch	[ʋɑŋ]	wang (="cheek")

Notes:

1. [ɱ] is not a separate phoneme in English, but an allophone of [m] that occurs before [v] and [f].

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