Alveolar nasal

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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 n, 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

Features of the alveolar nasal:

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Catalan[1] innecessari [innəsəˈsaɾi] 'unnecessary' See Catalan phonology
Chinese Mandarin 難/nán [nan˧˥] 'difficult' See Standard Mandarin
Czech na [na] 'on' See Czech phonology
Dutch[2] nacht [nɑxt] 'night' See Dutch phonology
English nice [naɪs] 'nice' See English phonology
Finnish annan [ɑnːɑn] 'I give' See Finnish phonology
Georgian[3] კანი [ˈkʼɑni] 'skin'
German Lanze [ˈlant͡sə] 'lance' See German phonology
Greek νάμα [ˈnama] 'communion wine' See Modern Greek phonology
Hindi नया [nəjaː] 'new'
Hungarian nagyi [nɒɟi] 'grandma' See Hungarian phonology
Italian[4] nano [ˈnano] 'dwarf' See Italian phonology
Japanese[5] 反対/hantai [hantai] 'opposite' See Japanese phonology
Korean 나/na [na] 'I' See Korean phonology
Ngwe Mmockngie dialect [nøɣə̀] 'sun'
Norwegian mann [mɑnː] 'man' See Norwegian phonology
Pirahã gíxai [níʔàì] 'you'
Spanish[6] nada [ˈnað̞a] 'nothing' See Spanish phonology
Swedish nod [nuːd] (help·info) 'node' See Swedish phonology
Tamil[7] நாடு [naːɽɯ] 'country' See Tamil phonology
Tsez лъоIно [ˈɬo̞ˤno̞] 'three'
Turkish neden [ned̪en] 'reason' See Turkish phonology
Vietnamese ne [nɛ] 'drive sidewards' See Vietnamese phonology

See also

References

  1. ^ Carbonell & Llisterri (1992:53)
  2. ^ Gussenhoven (1992:45)
  3. ^ Shosted & Chikovani (2006:255)
  4. ^ Rogers & d'Arcangeli (2004:117)
  5. ^ Okada (1991:94)
  6. ^ Martínez-Celdrán et al (2003:255)
  7. ^ Keane (2004:111)

Bibliography

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Pulmonics Bila​bial Labio​d. Den​tal Alv. Post. Retro​fl. Pal​a​tal Ve​lar Uvu​lar Pha​ryn. Epi​glot​t. Glot​tal Non-pulmonics and other symbols
Nasals m ɱ n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ Clicks  ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ
Plosives p b p̪ b̪ t̪ d̪ t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ ʡ ʔ Impl.  ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ
Fricatives  ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ h ɦ Eject.  pʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ sʼ
Approxim.  ʋ ɹ ɻ j ɰ Affr.  t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ t͡ʂ d͡ʐ t͡ɬ d͡ɮ p̪͡f
Trills ʙ r • ʀ • Other laterals  ɺ • ɫ
Flaps / taps • ѵ ɾ ɽ • • Co-art. fricatives  ɕ ʑ ɧ
Lateral Fric. ɬ ɮ • • • Co-art. approxim.  ʍ w ɥ
Lateral Appr. l ɭ ʎ ʟ Co-articulated stops  k͡p ɡ͡b ŋ͡m
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant. Shaded areas denote pulmonic articulations judged to be impossible.
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