| Ipa Symbol: | w̃ |
The nasal labial–velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|w̃), that is, a w with a tilde. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is w~.
The nasal approximants pronounced as /[ȷ̃]/ and pronounced as /[w̃]/ may also be called nasal glides. In some languages like Portuguese, they form a second element of nasal diphthongs.
Features of the nasal labial–velar approximant:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pronounced as /[w̃ĩ]/ | 'to see' | Possible word-initial realization of pronounced as //w// before a nasal vowel. | ||||
| Polish | Polish: [[Polish alphabet|s'''ą''']] | pronounced as /[sɔũ̯]/ | 'they are' | See Polish phonology | ||
| Most dialects | Portuguese: [[Portuguese alphabet|sã'''o''']] | pronounced as /[sɐ̃w̃]/ | 'saint', 'they are' | Allophone of pronounced as /link/ after nasal vowels. See Portuguese phonology | ||
| Some dialects[1] | Portuguese: [[Portuguese alphabet|m'''u'''amba]] | pronounced as /[ˈmw̃ɐ̃bɐ]/ | 'smuggling', 'jobbery', 'stash' | Non-syllabic allophone of pronounced as /link/ between nasal sounds. | ||
| Marathi | Marathi: संशय | pronounced as /[sə̃w̃ʃəe̯]/ | 'doubt' | Anuswara (ṁ) preceding र (r), व (v), श (ś), ष (ṣ), स (s), ह (h) or ज्ञ (jñ/dnya) is rendered as 'w̃'. | ||
| Seri | [[Seri alphabet|c'''m'''iique]] | pronounced as /[ˈkw̃ĩːkːɛ]/ | 'person' | Allophone of pronounced as //m// | ||
| ban'''w'''an[2] | pronounced as /[βɐ̃ˈw̃ɐ̃]/ | 'parrot' | Allophone of pronounced as //w// after nasal vowels. | |||
| Tamil | Brahmin dialect | Tamil: உலகம் | pronounced as /[uläxäw̃]/ | 'world' | Terminal 'am' being allophonic to 'aw̃' in colloquial Brahmin dialect of Tamil.--> | |
| Uwa | Multiple languages: tá'''w̃'''aya | pronounced as /[ˈtaw̃aja]/ | 'yellow' | |||
| Yoruba | Yoruba: [[Yoruba language|'''w'''ọ́n]] | [w̃ɔ̃́n] | 'they' | Allophone of /w/ before nasal vowels. | ||
pronounced as /navigation/