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Voiced bilabial flap

A voiced bilabial flap is an uncommon non-rhotic flap. It is usually, and perhaps always, an allophone of the labiodental flap, though it is the preferred allophone in a minority of languages such as Banda and some of its neighbors.

In Mono, the sound has been described as follows:

And, for allophony between the bilabial and labiodental flap,

In the literature, this sound has most often been transcribed with , a modified by an extra-short diacritic. A less frequently used alternative transcription is , a labiodental flap modified by an advanced diacritic. In addition, the symbol , a W with hook, is supported by SIL Global as a para-IPA transcription for this sound.

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