nasal consonant

English

Noun

nasal consonant (plural nasal consonants)

  1. A consonant sound produced by air moving though the nose with the mouth passage occluded. Examples of this sound include the English sounds m, n, and ng.

References

  • Websters New Collegiate Dictionary 1979
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