Palatal nasal
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| Palatal nasal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ɲ | |||
| IPA number | 118 | ||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity (decimal) | ɲ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+0272 | ||
| X-SAMPA | J | ||
| Kirshenbaum | n^ | ||
| Braille |  | ||
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| Listen | |||
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| Alveolo-palatal nasal | |
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| n̠ʲ | |
| ɲ̟ | |
| ȵ |
The 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⟩,[1] 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 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 symbol was derived from a ligature of the digraph gn, which represents the sound in French and Italian.[2]
Palatal nasals are more common than the palatal stops [c, ɟ].[3] As mentioned above, Italian and French spell it by the digraph ⟨gn⟩. In Spanish and languages whose writing systems are influenced by Spanish orthography, this sound is represented with the letter ⟨ñ⟩, called eñe ("enye"). Occitan uses the digraph ⟨nh⟩, the source of the same Portuguese digraph called ene-agá, used thereafter by languages whose writing systems are influenced by Portuguese orthography, such as Vietnamese[citation needed]. In Catalan, Hungarian and many African languages, as Swahili or Dinka, the digraph ⟨ny⟩ is used.
The 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 ⟨ȵ⟩ (⟨n⟩, plus the curl found in the symbols for alveolo-palatal sibilant fricatives ⟨ɕ, ʑ⟩), 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.[4][5]
There is also a post-palatal nasal (also called pre-velar, fronted velar etc.) in some languages.
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Features[edit]
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.
- Because the sound is not produced with airflow over the tongue, the central–lateral dichotomy does not apply.
- The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
Occurrence[edit]
Palatal or alveolo-palatal[edit]
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| !Kung[6] | [example needed] | — | — | Represented by ⟨ny⟩ | ||
| Albanian | një | [ɲə] | 'one' | |||
| Aranda | [example needed] | — | — | Alveolo-palatal and dento-alveolo-palatal.[7] | ||
| Basque | andereño | [än̪d̪e̞ɾe̞ɲo̞] | 'female teacher' | |||
| Bengali[8] | অঞ্চল | [ɔɲtʃɔl] | 'area' | Contrasts with the voiceless palatal nasal /ɲ̥/. See Bengali phonology | ||
| Burmese[8] | ညာ | [ɲà] | 'right(-hand side)' | Contrasts with the voiceless palatal nasal /ɲ̥/. | ||
| Catalan[9] | any | [ˈaɲ̟] | 'year' | Alveolo-palatal or palatal.[7] See Catalan phonology | ||
| Chinese | Sichuanese | 女人 / nyü3 ren2 | [ȵy˥˧ zən˨˩] | 'woman' | Alveolo-palatal | |
| Wu | 女人 / gniugnin | [ȵy˩˧ȵiȵ˥˨] | 'woman' | Alveolo-palatal | ||
| Czech | kůň | [kuːɲ] | 'horse' | May be intermediate between palatal and alveolo-palatal.[5] See Czech phonology | ||
| Dinka | nyɔt | [ɲɔt] | 'very' | |||
| Dutch[10] | oranje | [oˈrɑɲə] | 'orange' | Not all dialects. See Dutch phonology | ||
| French | hargneux | [arɲø] | 'belligerent' | See French phonology | ||
| Galician[11] | viño | [ˈbiɲo] | 'wine' | See Galician phonology | ||
| Greek | πρωτοχρονιά / prōtochroniá | [pro̞to̞xro̞ˈɲ̟ɐ] | 'New Year's Day' | Alveolo-palatal.[12] See Modern Greek phonology | ||
| Hungarian[13] | anya | [ˈɒɲɒ] | 'mother' | Alveolo-palatal with alveolar contact.[7] See Hungarian phonology | ||
| Italian | Standard | bagno | [ˈbäɲːo] | 'bath' | Postalveolo-prepalatal.[14] See Italian phonology | |
| Romanesco dialect | niente | [ˈɲːɛn̪t̪e] | 'nothing' | |||
| Irish[4] | inné | [əˈn̠ʲeː] | 'yesterday' | Irish contrasts alveolo-palatal /n̠ʲ/, palatal/palatovelar /ɲ/, velar /ŋ/ and, in some dialects, palatalized alveolar /nʲ/.[15][16][17][4] See Irish phonology | ||
| Japanese[18] | 庭/niwa | [n̠ʲiwᵝa] | 'garden' | Alveolar or dento-alveolar.[7] See Japanese phonology | ||
| Khasi | bseiñ | [bsɛɲ] | 'snake' | |||
| Korean | 저녁 / jeonyeok | [t͡ɕʌɲʌk̚] | 'evening' | Alveolo-palatal. See Korean phonology | ||
| Latvian | mākoņains | [maːkuɔɲains] | 'cloudy' | See Latvian phonology | ||
| Macedonian | чешање / češanje | [ˈt͡ʃɛʃaɲɛ] | 'itching' | See Macedonian phonology | ||
| Malagasy[7] | [example needed] | — | — | Palatal. | ||
| Malay | banyak | [bäɲäʔˈ] | 'a lot' | Does not occur at the end of a word. | ||
| Malayalam[19] | ഞാന് | [ɲäːn] | 'I' | |||
| Mapudungun[20] | ñachi | [ɲɜˈt͡ʃɪ] | 'spiced blood' | |||
| North Frisian | Mooring | fliinj | [ˈfliːɲ] | 'to fly' | ||
| Norwegian | Northern[21] | mann | [mɑɲː] | 'man' | See Norwegian phonology | |
| Southern[21] | ||||||
| Occitan | Northern | Polonha | [puˈluɲo̞] | 'Poland' | Simultaneous alveolo-palatal and dento-alveolar or dento-alveolo-palatal.[7] See Occitan phonology | |
| Southern | ||||||
| Gascon | banh | [baɲ] | 'bath' | |||
| Polish[22] | koń |  [kɔɲ̟] (help·info) |
'horse' | Alveolo-palatal. May be replaced by a nasal palatal approximant in coda position or before fricatives. See Polish phonology | ||
| Portuguese | Many dialects[23] | Sônia | [ˈsõ̞n̠ʲɐ] | 'Sonia' | Possible realization of post-stressed /ni/ plus vowel. | |
| Brazilian[23][24] | sonha | [ˈsõ̞ɲɐ] | 'it dreams' | Central palatal, not the same that /ʎ/ which is pre-palatal.[25] May instead be approximant[26][11] in Brazil and Africa. See Portuguese phonology | ||
| European[27] | arranhar | [ɐʁɐ̃ˈn̠ʲaɾ] | 'to scratch' | Dento-alveolo-palatal.[7] | ||
| Quechua | ñuqa | [ˈɲɔqɑ] | 'I' | |||
| Romanian | Transylvanian dialects[28] | câine | [ˈkɨɲe̞] | 'dog' | Alveolo-palatal.[28] corresponds to [n] in standard Romanian. See Romanian phonology | |
| Scottish Gaelic[29] | seinn | [ʃeiɲ̟] | 'sing' | Alveolo-palatal. See Scottish Gaelic phonology | ||
| Serbo-Croatian | питање / pitanje | [pǐːt̪äːɲ̟e̞] (help·info) |
'question' | Alveolo-palatal. See Serbo-Croatian phonology | ||
| Slovak | pečeň | [ˈpɛ̝t͡ʃɛ̝ɲ̟] | 'liver' | Alveolar.[7] See Slovak phonology | ||
| Spanish[30] | enseñar | [ẽ̞nse̞ˈɲär] | 'to teach' | Simultaneous alveolo-palatal and dento-alveolar or dento-alveolo-palatal.[7] See Spanish phonology | ||
| Swahili | nyama | [ɲɑmɑ] | 'meat' | |||
| Ukrainian | тінь | [t̪ʲin̠ʲ] | 'shadow' | Alveolo-palatal. See Ukrainian phonology | ||
| Vietnamese | nhà | [ɲâː] | 'house' | "Laminoalveolar".[31] See Vietnamese phonology | ||
| West Frisian | njonken | [ˈɲoŋkən] | 'next to' | Phonemically /nj/. See West Frisian phonology | ||
| Yi | ꑌ/nyi | [n̠ʲi˧] | 'sit' | Alveolo-palatal. | ||
| Zulu | inyoni | [iɲ̟óːni] | 'bird' | Alveolo-palatal.[7] | ||
Post-palatal[edit]
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | Standard[32] | gängig | [ˈɡ̟ɛŋ̟ɪç] | 'common' | Allophone of /ŋ/ before and after front vowels;[32] the example also illustrates [ɡ̟]. See Standard German phonology |
| Lithuanian[33] | menkė | [ˈmʲæŋ̟k̟eː] | 'cod' | Allophone of /n/ before palatalized velars;[33] typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ŋʲ⟩. See Lithuanian phonology | |
| Mapudungun[34] | [example needed] | Allophone of /ŋ/ before the front vowels /ɪ, e/.[34] | |||
| Polish[35][36] | węgiel | [ˈvɛŋ̟ɡ̟ɛl] | 'coal' | Allophone of /n/ before /kʲ, ɡʲ/.[35][36] See Polish phonology | |
| Romanian[37] | anchetă | [äŋ̟ˈk̟e̞t̪ə] | 'inquiry' | Allophone of /n/ used before the palatalized allophones of /k, ɡ/.[37] Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ŋʲ⟩. See Romanian phonology | |
| Uzbek[38] | ming | [miŋ̟] | 'thousand' | Word-final allophone of /ŋ/ after front vowels.[38] | |
| Vietnamese | nhạc | [ɲa̰ːʔk˨˩] | 'music" | Final allophone of /ɲ/. See Vietnamese phonology | |
| Yanyuwa[39] | [l̪uwaŋ̟u] | 'strip of turtle fat' | Post-palatal; contrasts with post-velar [ŋ̠].[39] | ||
See also[edit]
- Nasal palatal approximant
- Index of phonetics articles
- Ɲ (upper and lower case letter used in some orthographies)
Notes[edit]
- ^ Ladefoged (2005), p. xviii.
- ^ International Phonetic Alphabet for French.
- ^ Ladefoged (2005), p. 163.
- ^ a b c Ní Chasaide (1999).
- ^ a b Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 33.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Mattos e Silva (1991), p. 73.
- ^ Arvaniti (2007), p. 20.
- ^ Ladefoged (2005), p. 164.
- ^ Recasens et al. (1993), p. 222.
- ^ Quiggin (1906).
- ^ de Bhaldraithe (1966).
- ^ Mhac an Fhailigh (1968).
- ^ Okada (1991), p. 95.
- ^ Ladefoged (2005), p. 165.
- ^ 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, p. 12.
- ^ Aragão (2009), p. 168.
- ^ Cagliari 1974, p. 77. Citation:Em português, o [ɲ] 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 [lj] e se realiza sempre na região prepalatal.
- ^ Portuguese vinho: diachronic evidence for biphonemic nasal vowels
- ^ Cruz-Ferreira (1995), p. 91.
- ^ a b Pop (1938), p. 30.
- ^ Oftedal (1956), p. ?.
- ^ Martínez-Celdrán, Fernández-Planas & Carrera-Sabaté (2003), p. 255.
- ^ Thompson (1959), pp. 460.
- ^ a b Krech et al. (2009), pp. 49, 97.
- ^ a b Ambrazas et al. (1997), p. 36.
- ^ a b Sadowsky et al. (2013), p. 89.
- ^ 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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