title: Labial approximant
text: # 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
  