Voiceless labiodental affricate

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A voiceless labiodental affricate ([p̪͡f] in IPA) is a rare affricate consonant that is initiated as a labiodental stop [p̪] and released as a voiceless labiodental fricative [f]. The dental diacritic in the stop is frequently omitted, yielding ⟨p͡f⟩.

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