Voiced bilabial nasal

The voiced bilabial nasal is a type of consonant. It is used in almost all spoken languages. The letter for this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨m⟩. The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is ⟨m⟩. The English language has this sound, and it is the sound represented by "m" in map and rum.

Voiced bilabial nasal
m
IPA Number	114
Encoding
Entity (decimal)	m
Unicode (hex)	U+006D
X-SAMPA	m

"Bilabial nasal" redirects here. For the voiceless consonant, see Voiceless bilabial nasal.

Nearly all languages contain this sound. A few languages (for example, Mohawk) do not often use this sound.

Features

• The airstream mechanism is pulmonic. This means that this sound is produced by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
• The phonation is voiced. This means that the vocal cords vibrate while the sound is being pronounced.
• The place of articulation (where the sound is produced) is bilabial. This means that this sound is produced with both lips.
• It is a nasal consonant. This means that air is allowed to escape through the nose, either exclusively (nasal stops) or in addition to through the mouth.

Examples

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning
Arabic	Standard[1]	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[mɑˈtˤɑːbiχ]	'kitchens'
Catalan[2]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[ˈmaɾə]	'mother'
Chinese	Cantonese	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found./Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[maːn˩˧]	'night'
	Mandarin	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found./Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[mu˨˩ tɕʰin˥]	'mother'
Dutch[3]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[mɔnt]	'mouth'
English		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[hɪm]	'him'
Finnish		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[minæ]	'I'
French[4]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[mɑ̃ʒe]	'to eat'
Georgian[5]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[ˈsɑmi]	'three'
Greek[6]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found./Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[ˈmaza]	'clump'
Hawaiian[7]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[maka]	'eye'
Indonesian[8]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[ˈmasuʔ]	'enter'
Italian[9]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[ˈmamma]	'mamma'
Japanese[10]		乾杯/Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[kampai]	'a toast'
Malay		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[malam]	'night'
Malayalam[7]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[kəmmi]	'shortage'
Polish[11]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[ˈmasa]	'mass'
Portuguese[12]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[ˈmatu]	'bush'
Russian[13]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[muʂ]	'husband'
Spanish[14]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[ɡɾuˈme̞te̞]	'cabin boy'
Vietnamese[15]		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[mwoj˧ˀ˥]	'salt'
Zapotec	Tilquiapan[16]	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/data/is latn data' not found.	[maŋ]	'animal'