nasalization
Sound through nose
Nasalization is the pronunciation of a sound with air flowing through the nose as well as the mouth.
In French, vowels before certain consonants become nasalized: bon, vin.
English speakers nasalize vowels adjacent to nasal consonants like m and n, though we rarely notice it.
The verb is nasalize.
Muscular mouth membrane
- soft palateFlexible rear mouth roof
- mannerWay of behaving
- placePosition or location
- velarSoft-palate speech sound
alveolar · palatal · uvular · labial · pharyngeal · glottal · assimilation · oral
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
- consonantIn agreement with
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
spreading · feature · contrast · distinctive · segmental · phonological · regressive · progressive
Treatment for communication disorders
- velopharyngealRelating to palate-throat closure
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- cleft palateCongenital oral roof opening
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
adenoids · therapy · perceptual · rating · intervention
Of or from Paris's nation
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- HindiIndia's official language
- PolishSmooth to a shine
- YorubaNigerian people and language
Guarani · contrastive · distinctive · Irish · Breton · phonemic · language · dialectal
velum
Muscular mouth membrane
- soft palateFlexible rear mouth roof
- mannerWay of behaving
- placePosition or location
velar · alveolar · palatal · uvular · labial · pharyngeal · glottal · assimilation · oral · aperture
phoneme
Minimal distinctive sound unit
assimilation · spreading · feature · contrast · distinctive · segmental · phonological · regressive · progressive · anticipatory
speech therapy
Treatment for communication disorders
- velopharyngealRelating to palate-throat closure
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- cleft palateCongenital oral roof opening
assessment · adenoids · therapy · perceptual · rating · intervention
French
Of or from Paris's nation
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- HindiIndia's official language
- PolishSmooth to a shine
Yoruba · Guarani · contrastive · distinctive · Irish · Breton · phonemic · language · dialectal · tilde
formant
Spectral concentration in speech
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- frequencyRate of recurrence
spectrum · amplitude · bandwidth · acoustic · spectral · damping · zeroes · poles · waveform · harmonic
hyponasality, nasal, nasality, nasally, nasals, nasalized, nasalize, nasalizes, nasalizing