ɓː vs p

Voiced Bilabial Stop vs Voiceless Bilabial Stop

How these sounds differ

ɓː

Voiced Bilabial Stop

Voicing: voiced
Place: bilabial
Manner: stop
Class: consonant
In languages: 2 / 500

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Voiceless Bilabial Stop

Voicing: voiceless
Place: bilabial
Manner: stop
Class: consonant
In languages: 424 / 500

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Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with ɓː

Languages with both

424

Languages with p

1 languages in our database contrast both sounds as distinct phonemes. Languages that have one but not the other tend to merge them into a single phoneme — meaning speakers of those languages often struggle to hear the distinction when learning a language that contrasts them.

Has ɓː, not p (1)

Kadugli (Miri) Kadugli-Krongo

Has p, not ɓː (20)

Iai Austronesian Sa'ban Austronesian Toba-Batak Austronesian Malagasy Austronesian Atayal Austronesian Cham Austronesian Yay Tai-Kadai Lakkia Tai-Kadai Karen Sino-Tibetan Lahu Sino-Tibetan Dafla Sino-Tibetan Yao Hmong-Mien Hakka Chinese Sino-Tibetan SEDANG Austroasiatic Kharia Austroasiatic Bhumij Austroasiatic Kota Dravidian Burushaski Language isolate Kabardian Abkhaz-Adyge Kaliai Austronesian