ALVEOLAR NASAL
The 'alveolar nasal' is a type of consonantal sound used in numerous spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar nasals is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is n.
There are few languages that lack this sound but have an ''m'' sound (e.g., Samoan). There are some languages (e.g., Rotokas) that lack both ''m'' and ''n''.
| Contents |
| Features |
| Occurrence |
| See also |
Features
Features of the alveolar nasal:
★ Its manner of articulation is stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract.
★ Its place of articulation is alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge, termed respectively ''apical'' and ''laminal''.
★ Its phonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.
★ It is a nasal consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the nose.
★ It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the middle of the tongue, rather than the sides.
★ The airstream mechanism is pulmonic egressive, which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the lungs and through the vocal tract, rather than from the glottis or the mouth.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech | '''n'a'' | 'on' | See Czech phonology | ||
| English | '''n'ice'' | 'nice' | See English phonology | ||
| Finnish | ''a'nn'a'n''' | 'I give' | See Finnish phonology | ||
| French | ''co'nn'exion'' | 'connection' | See French phonology | ||
| Georgian | კა'ნ'ი | 'skin' | |||
| German | ''La'n'ze'' | 'lance' | See German phonology | ||
| Greek | 'ν'άμα | 'communion wine' | See Modern Greek phonology | ||
| Hindi | नया | 'new' | |||
| Hungarian | '''n'agyi'' | 'grandma' | See Hungarian phonology | ||
| Italian | '''n'a'n'o'' | 'dwarf' | See Italian phonology | ||
| Japanese | 反対/''ha'n'tai'' | 'opposite' | See Japanese phonology | ||
| Korean | 나/'''n'a'' | 'I' | See Korean phonology | ||
| Norwegian | ''ma'nn''' | 'man' | See Norwegian phonology | ||
| Pirahã | '''g'íxai'' | 'you' | |||
| Swedish | ''de'n''' | 'it' (common gender) | See Swedish phonology | ||
| Turkish | '''n'ede'n''' | 'reason' | |||
See also
★ List of phonetic topics
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