Definition of Nasalization. Meaning of Nasalization. Synonyms of Nasalization

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Definition of Nasalization

Nasalization
Nasalization Na`sal*i*za"tion, n. The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.

Meaning of Nasalization from wikipedia

- languages exhibit a nasalization of segments adjacent to phonemic or allophonic nasal vowels, such as Apurinã. Contextual nasalization can lead to the addition...
- () or Amoy [ɛ̃]. By contrast, oral vowels are produced without nasalization. Nasalized vowels are vowels under the influence of neighbouring sounds. For...
- somewhat to ****ume that nasalization in occlusives is allophonic. There is then a second step in claiming that nasal vowels nasalize oral occlusives, rather...
- Word-finally, it is realized as nasalization of the preceding vowel: kuāṃ [kʊ̃ãː], "a well". It results in vowel nasalization also medially between a short...
- represents this sound is ⟨h̃⟩, that is, an h with a tilde. The h sound is nasalized in several languages, apparently due to a connection between glottal and...
- k b d ɡ s r w j h/, and its vowels are /i ɨ u e a o/, with syllable nasalization and pitch accent occurring as well. The following words show some of...
- marking the nasalisation of the vowel before it. This nasal vowel lost its nasalization in the Romance languages except in monosyllables, where it became /n/...
- scalar, with the mid-central vowels being marginal to any category. Nasalization occurs when air escapes through the nose. Vowels are often nasalised...
- the missing letter; this is the origin of the use of tilde to indicate nasalization (compare the development of the umlaut as an abbreviation of ⟨e⟩.)[citation...
- contrastive aspirated fricatives: /sʰ/ /ɕʰ/, /ʂʰ/, and /xʰ/. Phonemically nasalized fricatives are rare. Umbundu has /ṽ/ and Kwangali and Souletin Basque...