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Originally Posted by pacerier
Is it because that 部 is a special case that we use にじゅうぶ instead of にじゅっぷ?
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that counters that are already voiced (ぶ vs ふ) don't have change pronunciation at all when reading. So 部 will always be read as ぶ and never as っぷ. This sound change does happen with counters that have unvoiced consonants like 分（ふん）(minutes) 匹（ひき）(small animals)
二十分（にじゅっぷん）
一匹（いっぴき）
etc.