Labial-velar nasal

Labial-velar nasal
ŋ͡m
IPA number 119 (114)
Encoding
Entity (decimal) ŋ͡m
Unicode (hex) U+014BU+0361U+006D
X-SAMPA Nm
Kirshenbaum Nm
Sound
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The 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 ŋ͡m.

The labial–velar nasal is found in West and Central Africa and eastern New Guinea.

Features

Features of the labial–velar nasal:

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Dangme[1]
Vietnamese[2] đúng [ɗʊŋ͡m] 'correct' Allophone of /ŋ/ after /u/ and /w/. See Vietnamese phonology

Rounded variant

Some languages, especially in Vanuatu, combine this labial–velar nasal with a labial–velar approximant release, hence [ŋ͡mʷ].

In the Banks Islands languages which have it, the phoneme /ŋ͡mʷ/ 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.

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Dorig[3] sar [ŋ͡mʷsar] 'poor' Realized with an approximant release.
Lakon uä [uŋ͡mʷæ] 'house'
Lenakel[4] noanəɨk [noanəŋ͡mʷɨk] 'egg yolk'
Mwesen[5] tasar [taŋ͡mʷsar] 'person'

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