voiced labial–retroflex nasal
{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}
{{Infobox IPA
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|ipa symbol=ɳ͡m
|ipa symbol2=ṇ͡m
}}
The voiced labial–retroflex nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in the Yele language. It is a {{IPAblink|ɳ}} and {{IPAblink|m}} pronounced simultaneously. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{IPA|⟨ɳ͡m⟩}}.
Para-IPA {{angbr IPA|ṇ͡m}} is also seen.
Features
Features of the voiceless labial–retroflex plosive are:
{{nasal stop}}
{{labial–retroflex}}
{{voiceless short}}
{{nasal}}
{{central articulation}}
{{pulmonic}}
Occurrence
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| rowspan=2| Yele{{cite book |last1=Levinson |first1=Stephen C. |title=A Grammar of Yélî Dnye: The Papuan Language of Rossel Island |date=23 May 2022 |publisher=De Gruyter |doi=10.1515/9783110733853 |isbn=978-3-11-073385-3 |s2cid=249083265 |url=https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110733853 |access-date=16 January 2023}}https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/160609178.pdf{{SOWL}}
|{{lang|yle|nmó}} |{{IPA|[ɳ͡mo]}} |"we" |Contrasts voiced labial–alveolar nasal and voiced labial–velar nasal. |
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Category:Labial–coronal consonants