Voiced labial–retroflex nasal explained

Above:	Voiced labial–retroflex nasal
Ipa Symbol:	ɳ͡m
Ipa Symbol2:	ṇ͡m

The voiced labial–retroflex nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in the Yele language. It is a pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as /link/ pronounced simultaneously. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is pronounced as /⟨ɳ͡m⟩/.Para-IPA (IPA|ṇ͡m) is also seen.

Features

Features of the voiceless labial–retroflex plosive are:

Occurrence

!Language!Word!IPA!Meaning!Notes

Yele^[1] ^[2]

'''nm'''ó

pronounced as /[ɳ͡mo]/

"we"

Contrasts voiced labial–alveolar nasal and voiced labial–velar nasal.

References

pronounced as /navigation/

Notes and References

1. Book: Levinson . Stephen C. . A Grammar of Yélî Dnye: The Papuan Language of Rossel Island . 23 May 2022 . De Gruyter . 10.1515/9783110733853 . 978-3-11-073385-3 . 249083265 . 16 January 2023.
2. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/160609178.pdf