Voiceless uvular nasal

Voiceless uvular nasal
Voiceless uvular nasal
ɴ̥
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The voiceless uvular nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨ɴ̥⟩. It is not in English.

Features

The airstream mechanism is pulmonic. This means that this sound is produced by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
The phonation is voiceless. This means that this sound is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
The place of articulation (where the sound is produced) is uvular. This means that this sound is produced with the back of the tongue (the dorsum) at the uvula.
It is a nasal consonant. This means that air is allowed to escape through the nose, either exclusively (nasal stops) or in addition to through the mouth.

Occurrence

Language	Dialect	Word
Lamo^[1]	Kyilwa	^{[example needed]}
Larong^[1]	Tangre Chaya	^{[example needed]}
Drag-yab^[1]	Razi	^{[example needed]}

References

1 2 3 Suzuki, Hiroyuki and Tashi Nyima. 2018. Historical relationship among three non-Tibetic languages in Chamdo, TAR. Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2018). Kyoto: Kyoto University.

[:0-1] 1 2 3 Suzuki, Hiroyuki and Tashi Nyima. 2018. Historical relationship among three non-Tibetic languages in Chamdo, TAR. Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2018). Kyoto: Kyoto University.

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