Labial approximant
# Labial approximant

Labial approximant is the name of a class of consonants.

## Subclasses

* Labio-velar approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨w⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
   * Voiceless labio-velar approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨ʍ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
* Bilabial approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨β̞⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
* Labiodental approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨ʋ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
* Labialized palatal approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨ɥ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
