Voiceless labio-velar approximant
| Voiceless labialized velar approximant | |||
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| ʍ | |||
| w̥ | |||
| IPA number | 169 | ||
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| Entity (decimal) | ʍ |
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| Unicode (hex) | U+028D | ||
| X-SAMPA | W |
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| Kirshenbaum | w<vls> |
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| Braille |
 
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The voiceless labialized velar (labiovelar) approximant (traditionally called a voiceless labiovelar fricative) is a type of consonantal sound, used in spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʍ⟩ (a rotated lowercase letter ⟨w⟩) or ⟨w̥⟩.
[ʍ] is generally called a "fricative" for historical reasons, but in English, the language that the letter ⟨ʍ⟩ is primarily used for, it is a voiceless approximant, equivalent to [w̥] or [hw̥]. On rare occasions the symbol is appropriated for a labialized voiceless velar fricative, [xʷ], in other languages.
Features of the voiceless labial-velar approximant:
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