A voiced labial–velar nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .
A labial–velar nasal is found in West and Central Africa and eastern New Guinea, as well as in certain contexts in Vietnamese.
Features
Features of a voiced labial–velar nasal:
Occurrence
{| class="wikitable"
! Language !! Word !! IPA !! Meaning !! Notes
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| Dangme || || || 'Dangme' ||
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| Igala || || || 'to drink'||Allophone of . See Igala Phonology
|-
| Vietnamese|| || || 'correct'|| Allophone of after . See Vietnamese phonology
|-
| Yele|| || || 'breast'|| Contrasts voiced labial–alveolar nasal and voiced labial–retroflex nasal.
|}
Labialized variant
Some languages, especially in Vanuatu, combine this labial–velar nasal with a labial–velar approximant release, hence .
In the Banks Islands languages which have it, the phoneme is written in local orthographies, using a macron on the corresponding bilabial.
In other languages of Vanuatu further south (such as South Efate, or Lenakel), the same segment is spelled with a combining tilde.
{| class="wikitable"
! Language !! Word !! IPA !! Meaning !! Notes
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| Dorig || || || 'poor'|| rowspan=5| Realized with an approximant release.
|-
| Gua || || || 'life'/'thank'
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| Lakon || || || 'house'
|-
| Lenakel || || || 'egg yolk'
|-
| Mwesen || || || 'person'
|}
See also
- List of phonetics topics
- Doubly articulated consonant