| Ipa Symbol: | j̃ |
| X-Sampa: | j~ |
The nasal palatal approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some oral languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|j̃), that is, a j with a tilde. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is j~, and in the Americanist phonetic notation it is (IPA|ỹ).
The nasal palatal approximant is sometimes called a nasal yod; pronounced as /[j̃]/ and pronounced as /[w̃]/ may be called nasal glides.
Features of the nasal palatal approximant:
pronounced as /[j̃]/, written (ny), is a common realization of pronounced as //j// before nasal vowels in many languages of West Africa that do not have a phonemic distinction between voiced nasal and oral stops, such as Yoruba, Ewe and Bini languages.
| Language | Word | Meaning | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nheengatu | '''nh'''eẽ | [{{IPA|j̃ẽʔẽ}}] | 'to speak' | Influenced Brazilian Portuguese (nh) sound. Sometimes written with (ñ) | ||
| Hindustani | Hindi: [[Devanagari|संयम]] / | pronounced as /[səj̃jəm]/ | 'patience' | Allophone of pronounced as /link/ before pronounced as /link/. See Hindustani phonology | ||
| pronounced as /[j̃ũ]/ | 'brave' | Possible word-initial realization of pronounced as //j// before a nasal vowel. | ||||
| bisò'''gn''' de | pronounced as /[biˈzɔj̃ d̪e]/ | 'need for (something)' | Allophone of pronounced as /link/ before a consonant. See Lombard phonology | |||
| Louisiana Creole[1] | pronounced as /[sɛ̃j̃ɛ̃]/ | 'bleed' | Intervocalic allophone of pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Polish | Polish: [[Polish alphabet|pa'''ń'''stwo]] | pronounced as /[ˈpãj̃stfɔ]/ | 'state, country' | Allophone of pronounced as /link/ before fricatives. See Polish phonology | ||
| Portuguese | Brazilian | Portuguese: [[Portuguese alphabet|so'''nh'''o]] | pronounced as /[ˈsõj̃ʊ]/ | 'dream' | Allophone of pronounced as /link/ between vowels, nasalizes the preceding vowel. Language's original pronounced as //ɲ// sound.[2] See Portuguese phonology | |
| Most dialects | Portuguese: [[Portuguese alphabet|cã'''e'''s]] | pronounced as /[kɐ̃j̃s]/ | 'dogs' | Allophone of pronounced as /link/ after nasal vowels. | ||
| Some dialects | Portuguese: [[Portuguese alphabet|m'''e''' ame!]] | pronounced as /[ˈmj̃ɐ̃mi]/ | 'love me!' | Non-syllabic allophone of pronounced as /link/ between nasal sounds. | ||
| Allophone of pronounced as //j// after nasal vowels. | ||||||
| Spanish | Zwolle-Ebarb | pronounced as /[ˈãj̃o]/ | 'year' | Allophone of pronounced as /link/ between vowels, nasalizing the preceding vowel. | ||
| Other dialects, occasional in rapid, unguarded speech[3] | Spanish; Castilian: niños | pronounced as /[ˈnij̃os]/ | 'kids' | Allophone of pronounced as //ɲ//. Because nasality is retained and there is no potential merger with any other Spanish phonemes, this process is rarely noticed, and its geographical distribution has never been determined. | ||
| Sakha | Yakut: а'''й'''ыы | [{{IPA|aȷ̃iː}}] | 'sin, transgression' | /ȷ̃/ is not distinguished from /j/ in the orthography.[4] | ||
pronounced as /navigation/