Voiced palatal nasal
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| Voiced palatal nasal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ɲ | |||
| IPA Number | 118 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity (decimal) | ɲ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+0272 | ||
| X-SAMPA | J | ||
| Braille |  | ||
| |||
| Voiced alveolo-palatal nasal | |
|---|---|
| n̠ʲ | |
| ɲ̟ |
The voiced palatal nasal is a type of consonant used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɲ⟩, a lowercase letter n with a leftward-pointing tail protruding from the bottom of the left stem of the letter. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is J. The IPA symbol ⟨ɲ⟩ is visually similar to ⟨ɳ ⟩, the symbol for the retroflex nasal, which has a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the right stem, and to ⟨ŋ⟩, the symbol for the velar nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the right stem.
The IPA symbol derives from ⟨n⟩ and ⟨j⟩, ⟨n⟩ for nasality and ⟨j⟩ denoting palatal. In Spanish and languages whose writing systems are influenced by Spanish orthography, it is represented by the letter ⟨ñ⟩, called eñe ("enye"). In French and Italian orthographies the sound is represented by the digraph ⟨gn⟩. Occitan uses the digraph ⟨nh⟩, the source of the same Portuguese digraph called ene-agá (lit. 'en-aitch'), used thereafter by languages whose writing systems are influenced by Portuguese orthography, such as Vietnamese. In Catalan, Hungarian and many African languages, as Swahili or Dinka, the digraph ⟨ny⟩ is used. In Albanian and some countries that used to be Yugoslavia, the digraph (Nj) is used, and sometimes, for the languages with the Cyrillic script that used to be part of Yugoslavia, uses the (Њњ) Cyrillic ligature that might be part of the official alphabet. In Czech and Slovak, /ɲ/ is represented by letter ⟨ň⟩ whilst Kashubian and Polish uses ⟨ń⟩.
The voiced alveolo-palatal nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some oral languages. There is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound. If more precision is desired, it may be transcribed ⟨n̠ʲ⟩ or ⟨ɲ̟⟩; these are essentially equivalent, since the contact includes both the blade and body (but not the tip) of the tongue. There is a non-IPA letter, U+0235 ȵ LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH CURL; ⟨ȵ⟩ (⟨n⟩, plus the curl found in the symbols for alveolo-palatal sibilant fricatives ⟨ɕ, ʑ⟩), which is used especially in Sinological circles.
The alveolo-palatal nasal is commonly described as palatal; it is often unclear whether a language has a true palatal or not. Many languages claimed to have a palatal nasal, such as Portuguese, actually have an alveolo-palatal nasal. This is likely true of several of the languages listed here. Some dialects of Irish as well as some non-standard dialects of Malayalam are reported to contrast alveolo-palatal and palatal nasals.
There is also a post-palatal nasal (also called pre-velar, fronted velar etc.) in some languages. Palatal nasals are more common than the palatal stops .
Features
Features of the voiced palatal nasal:
- Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Because the consonant is also nasal, the blocked airflow is redirected through the nose.
- Its place of articulation is palatal, which means it is articulated with the middle or back part of the tongue raised to the hard palate.
- 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.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
Palatal or alveolo-palatal
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| !Kung | [example needed] | — | — | Represented by ⟨ny⟩ | |
| Albanian | një | 'one' | |||
| Amharic | ዘጠኝ / zäṭäňň | 'nine' | |||
| Aranda | [example needed] | — | — | Alveolo-palatal and dento-alveolo-palatal. | |
| Asturian | cabaña | 'hut' | See Asturian phonology | ||
| Basque | andereño | 'female teacher' | |||
| Bengali | মিঞা / miña | 'mister' | |||
| Bulgarian | синьо | 'blue' | Only occurs before ь, ю, and я. See Bulgarian phonology | ||
| Burmese | ညာ / nya | 'right(-hand side)' | Contrasts with the voiceless palatal nasal /ɲ̥/. | ||
| Catalan | any | 'year' | Alveolo-palatal or palatal. See Catalan phonology | ||
| Czech | kůň | 'horse' | May be intermediate between palatal and alveolo-palatal. See Czech phonology | ||
| Dinka | nyɔt | 'very' | |||
| Dutch | oranje | 'orange' | Not all dialects. See Dutch phonology | ||
| English | Malay dialect | canyon | 'canyon' | Common in Malay, allophone of /nj/. | |
| French | oignon | ⓘ | 'onion' | See French phonology | |
| Galician | viño | 'wine' | See Galician phonology | ||
| Greek | πρωτοχρονιά / prōtochroniá | 'New Year's Day' | Alveolo-palatal. See Modern Greek phonology | ||
| Haketia | 'spiritual' | In free variation with [n] when immediately before [i]. | |||
| Hindustani | Hindi | पञ्छी/पंछी/pañchī | 'bird' | Usually written in Urdu with [n], and usually with anuswar in Devanagari, written here with the dead consonant to demonstrate proper spelling. See Hindustani phonology | |
| Urdu | پنچھی / pañchī | ||||
| Hungarian | anya | 'mother' | Alveolo-palatal with alveolar contact. See Hungarian phonology | ||
| Italian | Standard | bagno | 'bath' | Postalveolo-prepalatal. See Italian phonology | |
| Romanesco dialect | niente | 'nothing' | |||
| Irish | inné | 'yesterday' | Irish contrasts alveolo-palatal /n̠ʲ/, palatal/palatovelar /ɲ/, velar /ŋ/ and, in some dialects, palatalized alveolar /nʲ/. See Irish phonology | ||
| Japanese | 庭 / niwa | 'garden' | Alveolar or dento-alveolar. See Japanese phonology | ||
| Khasi | bseiñ | 'snake' | |||
| Khmer | ពេញ / pénh | 'full' | See Khmer phonology | ||
| Korean | 저녁 / jeonyeok | 'evening' | Alveolo-palatal. See Korean phonology | ||
| Kurdish | Southern | یانزه / yanze | 'eleven' | See Kurdish phonology | |
| Latvian | mākoņains | 'cloudy' | See Latvian phonology | ||
| Macedonian | чешање / češanje | 'itching' | See Macedonian phonology | ||
| Malagasy | [example needed] | — | — | Palatal. | |
| Malay | banyak / باڽـق | 'a lot' | Does not occur as a syllable-final coda. Allophone of /n/ before /t͡ʃ/ and /d͡ʒ/ so /punt͡ʃak/ 'peak' is read as , not *. See Malay phonology | ||
| Malayalam | ഞാൻ / ñān | 'I' | |||
| Mandarin | Sichuanese | 女人 / ȵü3 ren2 | ‘women’ | Alveolo-palatal | |
| Mapudungun | ñachi | 'spiced blood' | |||
| North Frisian | Mooring | fliinj | 'to fly' | ||
| Norwegian | Northern | mann | 'man' | See Norwegian phonology | |
| Southern | |||||
| Occitan | Northern | Polonha | 'Poland' | Simultaneous alveolo-palatal and dento-alveolar or dento-alveolo-palatal. See Occitan phonology | |
| Southern | |||||
| Gascon | banh | 'bath' | |||
| Polish | koń | ⓘ | 'horse' | Alveolo-palatal. May be replaced by a nasal palatal approximant in coda position or before fricatives. See Polish phonology | |
| Portuguese | Many dialects | Sônia | 'Sonia' | Possible realization of post-stressed /ni/ plus vowel. | |
| Brazilian | sonhar | 'to dream' | Central palatal, not the same that /ʎ/ which is pre-palatal. May instead be approximant in Brazil and Africa. May be pronounced . See Portuguese phonology | ||
| European | arranhar | 'to scratch' | Dento-alveolo-palatal. | ||
| Quechua | ñuqa | 'I' | |||
| Romanian | Transylvanian dialects | câine | 'dog' | Alveolo-palatal. corresponds to [n] in standard Romanian. See Romanian phonology | |
| Scottish Gaelic | seinn | 'sing' | Alveolo-palatal. See Scottish Gaelic phonology | ||
| Serbo-Croatian | њој / njoj / | 'to her' | Alveolo-palatal. See Serbo-Croatian phonology | ||
| Slovak | pečeň | 'liver' | Alveolar. See Slovak phonology | ||
| Slovene | Some speakers, archaic | konj | 'horse' | See Slovene phonology | |
| Spanish | español | 'Spanish' | Simultaneous alveolo-palatal and dento-alveolar or dento-alveolo-palatal. See Spanish phonology | ||
| Swahili | nyama /نْيَامَ | 'meat' | |||
| Tamil | ஞாயிறு / ñāyiru | 'Sunday' | Alveolo-palatal. See Tamil phonology | ||
| Toki Pona | Some speakers | linja | 'line' | ||
| Tyap | nyam | 'animal' | |||
| Ukrainian | тінь / tin' | 'shadow' | Alveolo-palatal. See Ukrainian phonology | ||
| West Frisian | njonken | 'next to' | Phonemically /nj/. See West Frisian phonology | ||
| Vietnamese | Hanoi | nhanh / 𨗜 | 'agile, to run fast, vivacious' | "Laminoalveolar". See Vietnamese phonology | |
| Ha Tinh | nhanh / 𨗜 | ||||
| Wolof | ñaan / ݧَانْ | ||||
| Wu | Shanghainese | 女人 / nyú nyǐnh | 'women' | Alveolo-palatal | |
| Yi | ꑌ / nyi | 'sit' | Alveolo-palatal. | ||
| Zulu | inyoni | 'bird' | Alveolo-palatal. | ||
Post-palatal
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | Standard | gängig | 'common' | Allophone of /ŋ/ before and after front vowels; the example also illustrates [ɡ̟]. See Standard German phonology | |
| Lithuanian | menkė | 'cod' | Allophone of /n/ before palatalized velars; typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ŋʲ⟩. See Lithuanian phonology | ||
| Mapudungun | dañe | 'nest' | |||
| Polish | węgiel | 'coal' | Allophone of /n/ before /kʲ, ɡʲ/. See Polish phonology | ||
| Romanian | anchetă | 'inquiry' | Allophone of /n/ used before the palatalized allophones of /k, ɡ/. Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ŋʲ⟩. See Romanian phonology | ||
| Turkish | renk | 'color' | Allophone of /n/ before /c/ and /ɟ/. See Turkish phonology | ||
| Uzbek | ming | 'thousand' | Word-final allophone of /ŋ/ after front vowels. | ||
| Vietnamese | Hanoi | nhanh / 𨗜 | 'agile, to run fast, vivacious' | Final allophone of /ɲ/. See Vietnamese phonology | |
| Yanyuwa | lhuwanyngu | 'strip of turtle fat' | Post-palatal; contrasts with post-velar [ŋ̠]. | ||
See also
- Nasal palatal approximant
- Index of phonetics articles
- Ɲ (upper and lower case letter used in some orthographies)
Notes
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- ^ Heselwood (2013), p. 113.
- ^ "Does the current Vietnamese alphabet/script derive from Portuguese or French?". Quora. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ Michaud, Alexis (2010-01-01). ""The origin of the peculiarities of the Vietnamese alphabet": translation of an article by André-Georges Haudricourt". Mon-Khmer Studies.
- ^ a b c Ní Chasaide (1999).
- ^ a b Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 33.
- ^ Ladefoged (2005), p. 163.
- ^ Doke (1925), p. ?.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Recasens (2013), p. 11.
- ^ a b Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 111.
- ^ Carbonell & Llisterri (1992), p. 53.
- ^ Gussenhoven (1992), p. 46.
- ^ Regueira (1996), p. 119.
- ^ Arvaniti (2007), p. 20.
- ^ a b Cunha (2009), pp. 42, 43.
- ^ Ladefoged (2005), p. 164.
- ^ Recasens et al. (1993), p. 222.
- ^ Quiggin (1906).
- ^ de Bhaldraithe (1966).
- ^ Mhac an Fhailigh (1968).
- ^ Okada (1999), p. 118.
- ^ Ladefoged (2005), p. 165.
- ^ a b Sadowsky et al. (2013), p. 88.
- ^ a b Skjekkeland (1997), pp. 105–107.
- ^ Jassem (2003), pp. 103–104.
- ^ a b Considerações sobre o status das palato-alveolares em português Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, p. 12.
- ^ Aragão (2009), p. 168.
- ^ Cagliari 1974, p. 77. Citation:Em português, o se aproxima mais do [ŋ] do que do [n]; por isso será classificado como "central" e não como pré-palatal. O [ʎ] em muitas línguas se realiza como "central"; em português, [ʎ] tende a e se realiza sempre na região prepalatal.
- ^ "Portuguese vinho: diachronic evidence for biphonemic nasal vowels" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ^ Mattos e Silva (1991), p. 73.
- ^ Cruz-Ferreira (1995), p. 91.
- ^ a b Pop (1938), p. 30.
- ^ Oftedal (1956), p. ?.
- ^ Landau et al. (1999), p. 67.
- ^ Martínez-Celdrán, Fernández-Planas & Carrera-Sabaté (2003), p. 255.
- ^ Keane, Elinor (2004). "Tamil". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 34 (1): 111–116. doi:10.1017/S0025100304001549.
- ^ Thompson (1959), pp. 460.
- ^ a b Krech et al. (2009), pp. 49, 97.
- ^ a b Ambrazas et al. (1997), p. 36.
- ^ a b Gussmann (1974), pp. 107, 111, 114.
- ^ a b Ostaszewska & Tambor (2000), pp. 35, 41, 86.
- ^ a b Sarlin (2014), p. 17.
- ^ a b Sjoberg (1963), p. 12.
- ^ a b Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), pp. 34–35.
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