Back Bilabialer Nasal ALS شفوي أنفي Arabic Білябіяльны насавы зычны BE-X-OLD Звучна двубърнена носова съгласна Bulgarian ঘোষ উভয়ৌষ্ঠ্য নাসিক্যধ্বনি Bengali/Bangla Frienn diweuz mouezhiet Breton Nasal bilabial sonora Catalan Znělá bilabiální nazála Czech Stimmhafter bilabialer Nasal German Voiced bilabial nasal English
| Bilabial nasal | |
|---|---|
| m | |
| IPA number | 114 |
| Encoding | |
| Entity (decimal) | m |
| Unicode (hex) | U+006D |
| X-SAMPA | m |
| Kirshenbaum | m |
| Sound | |
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.
Nearly all languages contain this sound. A few languages (for example, Mohawk) do not often use this sound.