Voiceless palatal nasal
The voiceless palatal nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are and, which are combinations of the letter for the voiced palatal nasal and a diacritic indicating voicelessness. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is J_0.
If distinction is necessary, the voiceless alveolo-palatal nasal may be transcribed as , or ; these are essentially equivalent, since the contact includes both the blade and body of the tongue. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbols are n_-' or n_-_j and J_0_+, respectively. A non-IPA letter can also be used.Features
Features of the voiceless palatal nasal:Occurrence
