-
stops behave like
ordinary consonants. In some
Oceanic languages,
prenasalisation of
voiced consonants depends on the environment. For example, in Raga...
- [n͡ŋǃʼ] etc. The
orthographic b in mb is the
voiced plosive [mb].
Prenasalisation occurs in
several contexts,
including on
roots with the
class 9 prefix...
- consonant,
optionally preceded by a
homorganic nasal consonant (so-called "
prenasalisation",
described in more
detail below) and
optionally followed by the consonant...
-
these are
written ⟨yk⟩ /ɡ̟/, ⟨nyk⟩ /ⁿɡ̟/ (a
prenasalised stop—see
Prenasalisation below), ⟨nyng⟩ /ŋ̟/. Most
Australian languages do not
distinguish between...
- are very rarely, if ever, prenasalised. In
rapid and
casual speech,
prenasalisation is
generally rarer, and
voiced stops may be
lenited to fricatives....
- orthography. The
prenasalised consonants are
often pronounced without prenasalisation, and thus /ᵐb ⁿd ᶮdʒ ᵑɡ/ are
often realised as [b d dʒ ɡ].
Kikuyu has...
- of
prenasalisation,
others do not; thus <πομπός> (pompós) 'transmitter' may be
realised as
either [poˈᵐbos] or [poˈbos]. Furthermore,
prenasalisation tends...
-
those latter sounds. However, the
extent to
which someone hears this
prenasalisation depends entirely on the speaker, as some
stress it more if /ᵐb/, /ⁿd/...
-
forward release are
usually written according to
their temporal order:
Prenasalisation is
always written first (⟨ɴɢ͡ǀ⟩ = ⟨ɴǀ͡ɢ⟩ = ⟨ɴǀ̬⟩), and the non-lingual...
- this rule is
noonu which, when
written without a diacritic,
indicates prenasalisation of a
following stop. The
vowels are
written with
diacritical signs...
