voiceless retroflex nasal

{{Short description|Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɳ̊⟩ in IPA}}

{{Infobox IPA

|ipa symbol = ɳ̊

|ipa symbol2 = ɳ̥

|ipa number=117+402A

|x-sampa=n`_0

}}

The voiceless retroflex nasal is an extremely rare type of consonantal sound, used in very few spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|ɳ̊}}, a combination of the letter for the voiced retroflex nasal and a diacritic indicating voicelessness.

Features

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Features of the voiceless retroflex nasal:

{{nasal stop}}

{{retroflex}}

{{voiceless short}}

{{nasal}}

{{central articulation}}

{{pulmonic}}

Occurrence

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! colspan="2" | Language !! Word !! IPA!! Meaning !! Notes

colspan="2" | IaaiUCLA Working Papers in Phonetics, vol. 53–55, p. 212.

|{{lang|iai|hnrathu}}

|{{IPA|[ɳ̊aθu]}}

|'cold'

See also

References

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