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The 'voiced labiodental plosive' is a consonant sound produced like a , but with the lower lip contacting the upper teeth, as in . This can be represented in the IPA as . A separate symbol not recognized by the IPA that is often seen, especially in Bantu linguistics, is the ''db'' monogram ''.
The voiced labiodental plosive is not known to be phonemic in any language. However, it does occur allophonically:
In the Austronesian language Sika, this sound occurs as an allophone of the labiodental flap in careful pronunciation.
The XiNkuna dialect of Tsonga has affricates, (voiceless labiodental affricate) and [] (voiced labiodental affricate) (that is, [] and []), which unlike the bilabial-labiodental affricate [] of German are purely labiodental.
Possible Example in: [Vicarious]