Nasal consonant

  • Plosives
  • Nasal
  • Vibrants
  • Taps / Flaps
  • Fricatives
  • Affricates
  • Approximants
  • Lateral
  • Ejectives
  • Ingressive sounds Clicks ( clicking sounds )
  • Implosives

A nasal ( nose and sound) is a named after its manner of articulation consonant. In the oral sounds, the velum creates the revenge back wall and thus closes the nasal cavity. The nasals an oral closure is generated and the velum is lowered, so that the air flows mostly through the nose. The nasal cavity and reaching from behind to the occlusion site of the oral cavity serve as a resonance chamber. Nasals are usually voiced. A voiceless nasal owns the Icelandic, the Burmese has several.

  • Voiced bilabial nasal [m ]
  • Voiceless bilabial nasal
  • Voiced labiodental nasal [ ɱ ]
  • Voiced alveolar nasal [n ]
  • Voiceless alveolar nasal [n ]
  • Voiced retroflex nasal [ ɳ ]
  • Voiced palatal nasal [ ɲ ]
  • Voiced velar nasal [ ŋ ]
  • Voiced uvular nasal [ ɴ ]
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