Voiced labial–alveolar nasal explained

Above:	Voiced labial–alveolar nasal
Ipa Symbol:	n͡m
Ipa Symbol2:	n̪͡m

The voiced labial–alveolar nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. 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 /⟨n͡m⟩/.

Features

Features of the voiced labial–alveolar nasal are:

• Its place of articulation is labial–alveolar, which means that it is simultaneously articulated with the front part of the tongue against the alveolar ridge and the lips.

Occurrence

!Language!Word!IPA!Meaning!Notes

Yele^[1] ^[2]

ńmo

pronounced as /[n̪͡mɔ]/

"bird"

Contrasts voiced labial–retroflex 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