A voiceless bilabial affricate ( in IPA) is a rare affricate consonant that is initiated as a bilabial stop and released as a voiceless bilabial fricative . It has not been reported to occur phonemically in any language.

Features Features of a voiceless bilabial affricate:

Occurrence Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Dutch Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect 'up, onto' Optional pre-pausal allophone of .English Broad Cockney up 'up' Allophone of , occurs mainly word-finally. See English phonology Received Pronunciation Rare allophone of . See English phonology North Wales Word-initial and word-final allophone of ; in free variation with a strongly aspirated stop . See English phonologyPort TalbotAllophone of /p/. In free variation with [pʰʰ]. Scouse Possible syllable-initial and word-final allophone of . See English phonology German Some speakers 'to drip' Allophone of . See Standard German phonologyGhomalaʼAllophone of before .Kaingang fy 'seed' Possible word-initial allophone of . Northern Tiwa Taos dialect 'daughter' Allophone of , in free variation with and . See Taos phonology

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