Palatal nasal Occlusive consonant voiced

The palatal 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 palatal 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 known as palatal, which means that it is articulated with the medium or the back of the language against the rigid palate.
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 escape 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

The French, like several others Romance Languages, has it. In French, he is written gn . He has, nowadays, tendency to decide.

In the other languages

Several Romance languages have it. The Italian writing like French gn , the Catalan ny , the Portuguese nh . The Spanish also has it and the writing ñ , though certain dialects, like that of the Mexico, pronounces an alveolar nasal rather palatalized.

Only certain dialects of the East of the Finnois allow the Palatalisation. The standard language does not have a palatal Consonne.

Is also very current in the Slavic languages, as in Belorusse (нь, ń), in Polish (ń), in Czech Slovaque and (ň).

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