| Ipa Symbol: | ɲ̊ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ɲ̥ |
| X-Sampa: | J_0 |
The voiceless palatal nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are (IPA|ɲ̊) and (IPA|ɲ̥), which are combinations of the letter for the voiced palatal nasal and a diacritic indicating voicelessness. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is J_0.
If distinction is necessary, the voiceless alveolo-palatal nasal may be transcribed as (IPA|n̠̊ʲ) (devoiced, retracted and palatalized (IPA|n)), or (IPA|ɲ̟̊) (devoiced and advanced (IPA|ɲ)); these are essentially equivalent, since the contact includes both the blade and body (but not the tip) of the tongue. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbols are n_-' or n_-_j and J_0_+, respectively. A non-IPA letter (IPA|ȵ̊) (devoiced (IPA|ȵ), which is an ordinary "n", plus the curl found in the symbols for alveolo-palatal sibilant fricatives) can also be used.
Features of the voiceless palatal nasal:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baniwa | Hohodene | pronounced as /[ĩ:ɲ̊ə]/ | 'to eat' | |||
| Burmese: [[Burmese alphabet|ညှာ]]/nya: | pronounced as /[ɲ̊à]/ | 'considerate' | ||||
| Faroese: [[Faroese orthography|ei'''n'''ki / o'''n'''ki]] | pronounced as /[ˈɔɲ̊t͡ʃɪ]/ | 'nothing' | See Faroese phonology | |||
| White Hmong | [[Romanized Popular Alphabet|'''hny'''av]] | pronounced as /[ɲ̊a˧˦]/ | 'heavy' | Contrasts with voiced pronounced as //ɲ//. In Green Hmong, it has merged with /ɲ/. | ||
| pronounced as /[ɲ̊øːk]/ | 'to dedicate' | |||||
| Icelandic: [[Icelandic orthography|ba'''n'''ki]] | pronounced as /[ˈpäu̯ɲ̊cɪ]/ | 'bank' | See Icelandic phonology | |||
| '''hñ'''á | pronounced as /[ɲ̊á]/ | 'brush' | ||||
| Lower | pronounced as /[ʃɐ̃˦ɲ̟̊ɛ˦]/ | 'clean' | Alveolo-palatal; occurs mostly in loanwords from Tibetan. | |||
pronounced as /navigation/