Alveolar nasal Occlusive consonant voiced

The alveolar nasal occlusive consonant voiced is a frequent consonant sound in many languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is.

Characteristics

Here characteristics of the alveolar nasal occlusive consonant voiced:

Its mode of articulation is occlusive, which means that it is produced by blocking the air of the vocal channel.
Its joint is alveolar, which means that it is articulated with either the point ( apical ) or the blade ( laminal ) of the language against the alveolar peak.
Its phonation is voiced, which means that the vocal cords vibrate at the time of the articulation.
It is a nasal Consonne, which means that the air can escapes by the nose.
It is a central Consonne, which means that it is produced by letting the air pass above the medium of the language, rather than by the sides.
Its mechanism of draft is égressif pulmonary, which means that it is articulated by pushing the air by the lungs and through the channel vocatoire, rather than by the glottis or the mouth.

In French

French has it.

In French, one is not always marked. As in the word plan, where N is used to mark the nasalisation of the vowel.

Into Breton

The Breton one has it, marked at the end of a word, as in the first name Ronan .

In the other languages

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