/ˈaɪ.pə/

p͉ vs b

Voiceless Bilabial Stop vs Voiced Bilabial Stop

How these sounds differ

p͉
Voiceless Bilabial Stop
Voicing
voiceless
Place
bilabial
Manner
stop
Class
consonant
In languages
5 / 500
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b
Voiced Bilabial Stop
Voicing
voiced
Place
bilabial
Manner
stop
Class
consonant
In languages
339 / 500
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Cross-linguistic distribution

5
Languages with p͉
0
Languages with both
339
Languages with b

0 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 p͉, not b (5)

Pima Uto-Aztecan Burarra Maningrida Murrinh-patha Southern Daly Korean Koreanic Modern Hebrew Afro-Asiatic

Has b, not p͉ (20)

Adzera Austronesian Iai Austronesian Chamorro Austronesian Sa'ban Austronesian Toba-Batak Austronesian Malagasy Austronesian Cham Austronesian Yay Tai-Kadai Garo Sino-Tibetan Lahu Sino-Tibetan Dafla Sino-Tibetan Yao Hmong-Mien Kharia Austroasiatic Bhumij Austroasiatic Kota Dravidian Burushaski Language isolate Kabardian Abkhaz-Adyge Lak Nakh-Daghestanian Ket Yeniseian Telefol Nuclear Trans New Guinea