The voiceless labiodental nasal (stop) is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɱ̊⟩, a combination of the letter for the voiced labiodental nasal and a diacritic indicating voicelessness, in certain sources, the voicelessness diacritic can be found below ⟨ɱ̥⟩.[1] The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is F_0
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Voiceless labiodental nasal | |
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ɱ̊ | |
m̪̊ | |
Audio sample | |
Encoding | |
X-SAMPA | F_0 |
Features
editFeatures of the Voiceless labiodental nasal:
- It is a nasal consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the nose, either exclusively (nasal stops) or in addition to through the mouth.
- Its place of articulation is labiodental, which means it is articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
editLanguage | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Angami[2] | [example needed] | Allophone of /m̥ʰ/ before /ə/. | |||
Kinyamwezi[3] | [example needed] | Allophone of /m/ before /f/. |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Blankenship, B. "Phonetic structures of Khonoma Angami" (PDF).
- ^ Blankenship, B. "Phonetic structures of Khonoma Angami" (PDF).
- ^ Maganga & Schadeberg (1992).
External links
edit- List of languages with [ɱ̥] on PHOIBLE
- [ ɱ̊ ] unvoiced labial nasal stop (Video). Glossika Phonics. Retrieved 2023-12-06.