Voiced labial–velar nasal
The voiced labial–velar nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is.
The labial–velar nasal is found in West and Central Africa and eastern New Guinea.Features
Features of the voiced labial–velar nasal:Occurrence
Some languages, especially in Vanuatu, combine this labial–velar nasal with a labial–velar approximant release, hence.
In the Banks Islands languages which have it, the phoneme is written in local orthographies, using a macron on the corresponding bilabial.
In other languages of Vanuatu further south, the same segment is spelled with a combining tilde.
