Voiceless labiodental nasal

Voiceless labiodental nasal
Voiceless labiodental nasal
ɱ̊
m̪̊
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Encoding
X-SAMPA	F_0

The voiceless labiodental nasal (stop) is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɱ̊⟩, a combination of the letter for the voiced labiodental nasal and a diacritic indicating voicelessness, in certain sources, the voicelessness diacritic can be found below ⟨ɱ̥⟩.^[1] The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is F_0.

Features[edit]

Features of the Voiceless labiodental nasal:

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.
Its place of articulation is labiodental, which means it is articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth.
Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Angami^[2]		^{[example needed]}			Allophone of /m̥ʰ/ before /ə/.
Kinyamwezi^[3]		^{[example needed]}			Allophone of /m/ before /f/.