Voiced bilabial nasal
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A voiced bilabial nasal is a type of consonantal sound which has been observed to occur in about 96% of spoken languages.<ref name="phoible-freq-m">Template:Cite web</ref> The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA. The bilabial nasal occurs in English, and it is the sound represented by "m" in map and rum. Very few languages (e.g. Wyandot) are known to lack this sound. A small number of languages have been observed to lack independent nasal phonemes altogether, such as Quileute, Makah, and Central Rotokas.<ref name="nasal2009">Template:Cite Q</ref>
Features
File:Voiced bilabial nasal.svg
Features of a voiced bilabial nasal: Template:Nasal stop Template:Bilabial Template:Voiced Template:Nasal Template:Central–lateral Template:Pulmonic
Varieties
| IPA | Description |
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| Template:IPA | plain m |
| Template:IPA | palatalised |
| Template:IPA | velarised |
| Template:IPA | pharyngealized |
Occurrence
Palatalized
Velarized
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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| Gilbertese | Template:Lang<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:IPA | 'sleep' | Contrasts with Template:IPA and Template:IPA. | |
| Irish | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'if' | Contrasts with Template:IPA. See Irish phonology. | |
| Marshallese<ref name="choi14"/> | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'caterpillar' | Contrasts with Template:IPA.<ref name="choi14"/> | |
See also
Notes
References
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