NASALCONSONANT

Nasal consonant

In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive, nasal stop in contrast with a nasal fricative, or nasal continuant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose. Examples of nasals in English are and, in words such as nose and mouth. Nasal occlusives are nearly universal in human languages. There are also other kinds of nasal consonants in some languages.

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nasal consonant

Noun

  1. A consonant sound produced by air moving though the nose with the mouth passage occluded. Examples of this sound include the English sounds m, n, and ng.


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