/β/ – Voiced Bilabial Fricative-Approximant
Notes:
- Wikipedia Article
- Softened version of – /b/
Features:
- Place of Articulation: Bilabial
- Manner of Articulation: Fricative-Approximant
- Phonation: Voiced
Video Library:
In Spanish, both the /b/ and /v/ sounds are usually softened. Spanish speakers do this by touching their lips together for just a brief moment and holding the sound for much less time. In fact, sometimes the lips do not touch each other at all, resulting in a sound like /w/. As a result, many Spanish speakers will often replace /v/ with /b/. For instance, they may pronounce the word “vaca” as “baca.” You will notice that this difference is much slighter than it would be in English.
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sabe [sä.βe̞], uva [u.βä], nueva [n̪we̞.βä], hubo [u.βo̞], hablas [ä.βläs], estaba [e̞s.t̪ä.βä], selva [se̞l.βä], lobo [lo̞.βo̞], lava [lä.βä], iba [iβä]
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