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Uvular nasal

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IPA – number	120
IPA – text	ɴ
IPA – image
Entity	ɴ
X-SAMPA	N\
Kirshenbaum	n"
Sound sample (help·info)

The uvular nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɴ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is N\.

Contents 1 Features 2 Occurrence 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 See also

Features

Features of the uvular nasal:

• Its manner of articulation is stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract.
• Its place of articulation is uvular which means it is articulated with the back of the tongue (the dorsum) against or near the uvula.
• 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
Georgian		ზინყი	[ziɴqʼi]	'hip joint'	allophone of /n/
Inuit language		saarnii	[saːɴiː]	'upward'	See Inuit phonology
Inuvialuktun		namunganmun	[namuƞaɴmuɴ]	'to where?'	See Inuit phonology
Japanese[1]		日本/nihon	[n̠ʲihoɴ]	'Japan'	See Japanese phonology
Kalaallisut		paarngorpoq	[paaɴːorpoq]	'crawls'	See Inuit phonology
Klallam		sqəyáyŋəxʷ	[sqəˈjajɴəxʷ]	'big tree'	contrasts with glottalized form.
Spanish[2]		enjuto	[ẽ̞ɴˈχuto̞]	'dry'	Allophone of /n/. See Spanish phonology

References

Bibliography

• Martínez-Celdrán, Eugenio; Fernández-Planas, Ana Ma.; Carrera-Sabaté, Josefina (2003), "Castilian Spanish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 33 (2): 255–259 
• Okada, Hideo (1991), "Phonetic Representation:Japanese", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 21 (2): 94–97 

See also

• List of phonetics topics

v • d • e Consonants List · Table 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 Nasals m ɱ n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ Plosives p b p̪ b̪ t̪ d̪ t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ ʡ ʔ 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 Approxim. ʋ ɹ ɻ j ɰ Trills ʙ r • ʀ • Flaps / taps ⱱ̟ ⱱ ɾ ɽ • • Lateral Fric. ɬ ɮ • • • Lateral Appr. l ɭ ʎ ʟ Non-pulmonics and other symbols [edit • talk]  Clicks  ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ  Impl.  ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ  Eject.  pʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ sʼ  Affr.  p̪͡f  t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ t͡ɬ d͡ɮ Other laterals  ɺ • ɫ Co-art. fricatives  ɕ ʑ ɧ Co-art. approxim.  ʍ w ɥ Co-articulated stops  k͡p ɡ͡b ŋ͡m This table contains phonetic information in IPA, which may not display correctly in some browsers. [Help] Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant. Shaded areas denote pulmonic articulations judged to be impossible. See also IPA · Vowels

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