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article contains phonetic transcriptions in the
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unique for
having prenasalised consonants,
which are not
found in any
other Indo-Aryan language.
Sinhala has so-called
prenasalised consonants, or 'half...
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prenasalised. When
morphological processes require this, the
gemination is
dropped and the
syllable /zi/ is inserted,
which can then be
prenasalised....
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Scottish Gaelic and Pinyin)
represented by ⟨p⟩. In
Fijian ⟨b⟩
represents a
prenasalised /mb/,
whereas in Zulu and
Xhosa it
represents an
implosive /ɓ/, in contrast...
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their depressor effect on the tone of the syllable. When
consonants are
prenasalised,
their pronunciation and
spelling may change. The
murmur no
longer shifts...
- Some
languages also have
labialised or
prenasalised clicks as well as
those listed below. Yeyi also has
prenasalised /ŋᶢꞰ/. The
original researchers believe...
- two high
vowels in Tshivenḓa. A
labiodental nasal /ɱ/
sound appears in
prenasalised consonant sounds.
Labiovelar sounds occur as
alternatives to labiopalatal...
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gemination represented by the
diacritics mentioned above.
Before a non-final
prenasalised consonant, long
vowels undergo the same
change but no
gemination occurs...
- vary
between nasal sounds [m, n, ɲ, ɳ, ŋ] or
prenasalised stop
sounds [ᵐb, ⁿd, ᶯɖʐ, ᶮdʲ, ᵑɡ]. A
prenasalised affricated fricative sound /nᵈz/, is also present...
- /k/ are
reduced to
lesser degrees in
rapid speech.
Voiced stops are
prenasalised (which is
reflected in the orthography) to
varying extents, and sometimes...
