The nasals /m/ /n/ /ŋ/

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io n:
finit ds
De sh are soun e
gli os
o u nd s in En rough the n th
ls h u
Nasa re le ased t rom the mo ).
re d f m
that a ir is blocke alate (velu
a tp
whilst ring the sof
e
by low

02
There
phonem are three na
es sal
three o in the English l sound
f a
are con the nasal sou nguage. All
so nd
sounds nant sounds s in English
,m an
are vib eaning that t d are voiced
rating d he
uring th vocal cords
e
the sou production o
nd. f

/m/
The M nasal sound is made by
pressing the lips together lightly
and vibrating the vocal chords.
Air moves through the nose.
Words that use the /m/ nasal
sound: mum, Mary, name,
mine, mouth moon, summer,
dimmer, and comb.

/n/
The N n
moving asal sound is a
air lso
This tim through the n made by
et as
The ton he lips are slig al passage.
gue res
mouth ts at th htly parted.
just beh e
should ind you roof of your
fe r tee
air mov el a slight nose th, and you
es th tick
Words t rough the nas le as the
ha al
nine, na t use the /n/ n passage.
me, no, a
golden, sal sound:
noon, w nose, th
hen, an ink,
d now.

/ŋ/d to focus onailssothe

n is
d la st sou l sound. It e nasal
n nasa h
hird a ugh t r
The t sonant NG g air thro ised highe u
con n a o
d b y sendi ongue is r mouth. Y
e t e
creat e, but the ck into th e tickle.
g b a o s nd
passa s further a slight n e /ng/ sou
url eel th a
and c uld also f ote about e start of d.
sho i
n h
ng to ccurs at t d at the e :
n
e r th r o n d
Anoth at it neve ays be fou nasal soun g.
is th
d w ill al w
t he /ng/ and belon
,a n se g,
word rds that u song, brin
W o ng ,
g , s i ng, lo
rin
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Sounds in
w
through b hich the air is expel
oth the mo le
classified uth and no d
as nasal s se are
Nasalised ounds.
v
French, (e owels are common
.g. bon), P in
various o ortugues
ther langu e,a
the nasal ages. In En nd
sounds ar g lish,
e all cons
onants.