A voiceless alveolar nasal is a type of consonant in some languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent the sound are and , combinations of the letter for the voiced alveolar nasal and a diacritic indicating voicelessness above or below the letter.

Features

Features of a voiceless alveolar nasal:

There are four specific variants of : Dental, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the upper teeth, termed respectively apical and laminal. Denti-alveolar, which means it is articulated with the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, and the tip of the tongue behind upper teeth. Alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal. Postalveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue behind the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.

Occurrence Dental or denti-alveolar Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Iaai small Contrasts and their voiced versions.

Alveolar Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Aleut 'older sister (of a male)' Voiced approximants and nasals may be partly devoiced in contact with a voiceless consonant and at the end of a word. Alutiiq '(weather) is cold' Contrasts with voiced . Burmese / 'two' Central Alaskan Yup'ik 'edge' English RP chutney chutney cotton cotton Some dialects knee knee Occurs in several dialects. Realization of . Estonian 'wooden peel' Word-final allophone of after . See Estonian phonology Hmong White Hmong / 'day' Contrasts with voiced . In Green Mong, it has merged with . Icelandic 'knife' See Icelandic phonology Jalapa Mazatec 'falls' Contrasts with a voiced and a laryngealized alveolar nasal. Kildin Sami / 'to turn' Northern Sámi 'parent' Polish 'purchase, acquisition' (genitive plural) Word-final allophone of after voiceless consonants. See Polish phonology Welsh 'my father' Occurs as the nasal mutation of . See Welsh phonology Xumi Lower 'fur, animal hair' Contrasts with the voiced . Upper

Post-alveolar Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Faroese 'nothing' See Faroese phonology

See also Index of phonetics articles

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