Voiced labiodental approximant
A voiced labiodental approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is something between an English /w/ and /v/, pronounced with the teeth and lips held in the position used to articulate the letter V. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is, a letter v with a leftward hook protruding from the upper right of the letter. In some sources, this letter indicates a bilabial approximant, though this is more accurately transcribed with an advanced diacritic,.
A labiodental approximant is the typical realization of in the Indian South African variety of English. As the voiceless is also realized as an approximant, it is also an example of a language contrasting voiceless and voiced labiodental approximants.