Nasal consonant

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.