Labial approximant

Labial approximant is the name of a class of consonants.

Subclasses

Related to place

• Labial consonant
  • Labio-velar consonant
    • Labio-velar approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨w⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
    • Voiceless labio-velar approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨ʍ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
  • Bilabial consonant
    • Bilabial approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨β̞⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
  • Labiodental consonant
    • Labiodental approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨ʋ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
  • Labialized consonant
    • Labialized palatal approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨ɥ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet

Related to manner

• Approximant consonant