A nasal is a sound produced when the air is allowed to escape through the nose, while its oral passage may be blocked (by the action of the lips or the tongue).
- [m] is a voiced, bilabial nasal
- [ɱ] is a voiced labiodental nasal (SAMPA [F])
- [n] is an alveolar or dental nasal
- [ɳ] voiced retroflex nasal
- [ɲ] voiced palatal nasal (SAMPA [J]); is an usual sound in European languages as in: Spanish ñ; or French and Italian gn; or Catalan and Hungarian ny; or Portuguese nh.
- [ŋ] voiced velar nasal (SAMPA [N]), as in sing.
- [ɴ] voiced uvular nasal
See: phonetics, stop, fricative, affricate, approximant, International Phonetic Alphabet.