Uvular nasal occlusive consonant voiced

The uvular nasal occlusive consonant voiced is a consonant sound rather not very frequent in the spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is, and represents a NR in small capital.

Characteristics

Here characteristics of the uvular 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 uvular, which means that it is articulated with the back of the language (the dorsal one) against or close to the luette.
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

French does not have the sound.

In the other languages

In Japanese, can seem it Allophone of at the end of the mot.

See too

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