Bilabial Plosive: B

Egyptian hieroglyph cottage	Phoenician beth	Greek Beta	Etruscan B	Roman B

     B may have started as a pictogram of the floorplan of a house in Egyptian hieroglyphs. By 1050 BC, the Phoenician's Alphabet letter had a linear form that served as the beth.


The voiced bilabial plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.


Its manner of articulation is stop, or plosive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. (The term plosive contrasts with nasal stops, where the blocked airflow is redirected through the nose.)


Its place of articulation is bilabial, which means it is articulated with both lips.