Nasal palatal approximant
The nasal palatal approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some oral languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is, that is, a j with a tilde. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is j~, and in the Americanist phonetic notation it is.
The nasal palatal approximant is sometimes called a nasal yod; and may be called nasal glides.Features
Features of the nasal palatal approximant:
- It is a nasal consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the nose, in this case in addition to through the mouth.
Occurrence
, written ny, is a common realization of before nasal vowels in many languages of West Africa that do not have a phonemic distinction between voiced nasal and oral stops, such as Ewe and Bini.
