| Ipa Number: | 119 (114) |
| Ipa Symbol: | ŋ͡m |
| Decimal1: | 331 |
| Decimal2: | 865 |
| Decimal3: | 109 |
| X-Sampa: | Nm |
| Kirshenbaum: | Nm |
The voiced labial–velar nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|ŋ͡m).
The labial–velar nasal is found in West and Central Africa and eastern New Guinea, as well as in certain contexts in Vietnamese.[1]
Features of the voiced labial–velar nasal:
| Language | Word | Meaning | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adangme: Da'''ngm'''e | pronounced as /[daŋ͡me]/ | 'Dangme' | ||||
| '''ñm'''ọ | pronounced as /[ŋ͡mɔ̄]/ | 'to drink' | Allophone of pronounced as //m//. See Igala Phonology | |||
| Vietnamese: [[Vietnamese alphabet|đú'''ng''']] | pronounced as /[ɗuŋ͡m]/ | 'correct' | Allophone of pronounced as //ŋ// after pronounced as //u, o, ɔ//. See Vietnamese phonology | |||
| '''ngm'''o | pronounced as /[ŋ͡mɔ]/ | 'breast' | Contrasts voiced labial–alveolar nasal and voiced labial–retroflex nasal. | |||
Some languages, especially in Vanuatu, combine this labial–velar nasal with a labial–velar approximant release, hence pronounced as /[ŋ͡mʷ]/.
In the Banks Islands languages which have it, the phoneme pronounced as //ŋ͡mʷ// is written (m̄) in local orthographies, using a macron on the corresponding bilabial.In other languages of Vanuatu further south (such as South Efate, or Lenakel), the same segment is spelled (m̃) with a combining tilde.
| Language | Word | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '''m̄'''sar | pronounced as /[ŋ͡mʷsar]/ | 'poor' | Realized with an approximant release. | ||
| u'''m̄'''ä | pronounced as /[uŋ͡mʷæ]/ | 'house' | |||
| noanə'''m̃'''ɨk | pronounced as /[noanəŋ͡mʷɨk]/ | 'egg yolk' | |||
| ta'''m̄'''sar | pronounced as /[taŋ͡mʷsar]/ | 'person' | |||
pronounced as /navigation/