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Definition of Nasal consonant
1. Noun. A consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed.
Definition of Nasal consonant
1. Noun. 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. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasal Consonant
Literary usage of Nasal consonant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The nasalization of (and в (»Modern French «) did not take place till the loth
century; and in all cases the loss of the following nasal consonant is quite ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Hindee Language by John Drew Bate (1875)
"Like all the nasal consonant« this letter is liable to be printed ... and the
nasal consonant« might be interchanged, together with all their explanations ..."
3. Visible Speech: The Science ... of Universal Alphabetics; Or Self by Alexander Melville Bell (1867)
"... prolonging a voiced nasal consonant—Q £} or Q[3—and, without stopping the
sound, removing an anterior organic contact with an audible effort of suction. ..."
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