Occlusive consonant deaf bilabial

The occlusive consonant deaf bilabial is a frequent consonant sound in many languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is.

According to the languages, it can be full, aspired, palatalized, labialized, voiced, éjectif, etc

Characteristics

Here characteristics of the occlusive consonant deaf bilabial:

Its mode of articulation is occlusive, which means that it is produced by blocking the air of the vocal channel.
Its joint is bilabial, which means that it is articulated with the two lips.
Its phonation is deaf, which means that it is produced without the vibration of the vocal cords.
It is a oral Consonne, which means that the air does not escape that by the mouth.
It is a central Consonne, which means that it is produced by letting the air pass above the medium of the language, rather than by the sides.
Its mechanism of draft is égressif pulmonary, which means that it is articulated by pushing the air by the lungs and through the channel vocatoire, rather than by the glottis or the mouth.

French has it.

the Arab does not have, the original of the Semitic languages (it is attested in Akkadien) changed into in prehistoric times. The speakers of Arab native tongue refer to like one, with the writing as with the oral examination.
the English and the German have one aspired, both are Allophone old S.
In Greek, it and it transcribe themselves differently, respectively pi (π) and phi (φ). In Greek modern, phi decides.

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