nasalisation
Speaking through nose
Nasalisation is the British spelling of nasalization—the production of sounds through the nose, or the process of making sounds nasal.
In speech, nasalisation occurs when air flows through the nasal passage while speaking, as with the sounds m, n, and ng.
Some languages nasalise vowels, giving them a distinctive resonance: French has significant vowel nasalisation.
Muscular mouth membrane
- soft palateFlexible rear mouth roof
- vowelsLetters with unblocked airflow
- consonantsLetters that aren't vowels
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
palatal · uvular · velar · bilabial · alveolar · manner · place · voicing
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
- consonantIn agreement with
- diacriticSymbol modifying letter pronunciation
tilde · distinctive feature · contrast · underlying · surface · phonemic · phonetic · French
Amplified oscillation at natural frequency
- sinusesAir-filled skull cavities
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- harmonicsFrequencies above the fundamental
- frequencyRate of recurrence
amplitude · vibration · spectral · acoustics · sonority · murmur · sound · pitch
Sharp vibrating sound
- drawlUnhurried, elongated speech pattern
- accentRegional speech pattern
- dialectRegional language variety
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
elocution · diction · articulation · clarity · intelligibility · adenoidal · voice · speaking
velum
Muscular mouth membrane
- soft palateFlexible rear mouth roof
- vowelsLetters with unblocked airflow
- consonantsLetters that aren't vowels
assimilation · palatal · uvular · velar · bilabial · alveolar · manner · place · voicing · phonation
phoneme
Minimal distinctive sound unit
diacritic · tilde · distinctive feature · contrast · underlying · surface · phonemic · phonetic · French · Portuguese
resonance
Amplified oscillation at natural frequency
- sinusesAir-filled skull cavities
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- harmonicsFrequencies above the fundamental
frequency · amplitude · vibration · spectral · acoustics · sonority · murmur · sound · pitch · tone
twang
Sharp vibrating sound
- drawlUnhurried, elongated speech pattern
- accentRegional speech pattern
- dialectRegional language variety
pronunciation · elocution · diction · articulation · clarity · intelligibility · adenoidal · voice · speaking · enunciation
nasal, nasality, nasally, nasalization, nasalize, nasalise, nasalised, nasalness