Uvular nasal

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The uvular nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɴ⟩.

[edit] Features

Features of the uvular nasal:

Its manner of articulation is stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Since the consonant is also nasal, the blocked airflow is redirected through the nose.
Its place of articulation is uvular, which means it is articulated with the back of the tongue (the dorsum) at the uvula.
Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
It is a nasal consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the nose, either exclusively (nasal stops) or in addition to through the mouth.
Because the sound is not produced with airflow over the tongue, the central–lateral dichotomy does not apply.
The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Georgian		ზინყი	[ziɴqʼi]	'hip joint'	Allophone of /n/.
Inuit	Inuvialuktun	namunganmun	[namuŋaɴmuɴ]	'to where?'	See Inuit phonology
Japanese^[1]		日本/nihon	[n̠ʲihoɴ] (help·info)	'Japan'	See Japanese phonology
Kalaallisut		paarngorpoq	[paaɴːoʁpoq]	'crawls'
Klallam		sqəyáyŋəxʷ	[sqəˈjajɴəxʷ]	'big tree'	contrasts with glottalized form.
Nndrumbea		sunqipu	[suɴipu]	'outsider'
Spanish^[2]		enjuto	[ẽ̞ɴˈχuto̞]	'dry'	Allophone of /n/. See Spanish phonology

Martínez-Celdrán, Eugenio; Fernández-Planas, Ana Ma.; Carrera-Sabaté, Josefina (2003), "Castilian Spanish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 33 (2): 255–259
Okada, Hideo (1991), "Phonetic Representation:Japanese", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 21 (2): 94–97