Phoneme: b

IPA: [p]

b [p]: unaspirated voiceless bilabial plosive


Word: shibid [ʃɪpɪt] “my stomach”

Description: The unaspirated voiceless bilabial plosive b [p] is in stem initial position, intervocalically, and preceded by the first-person, singular pronoun shi [ʃɪ]. This word demonstrates that this b [p] sound is voiceless even when intervocalic.