Voiceless labiodental nasal

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

Thevoiceless labiodental nasal (stop)is a type ofconsonantalsound, used in somespoken languages.The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabetthat represents this sound is ⟨ɱ̊⟩, a combination of the letter for thevoiced labiodental nasaland adiacriticindicatingvoicelessness,in certain sources, the voicelessness diacritic can be found below ⟨ɱ̥⟩.^[1]The equivalentX-SAMPAsymbol isF_0.

Features

Features of the voiceless labiodental nasal:

It is anasalconsonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the nose, either exclusively (nasal stops) or in addition to through the mouth.
Itsplace of articulationislabiodental,which means it is articulated with the lowerlipand the upperteeth.
Itsphonationis 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 acentral consonant,which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
Itsairstream mechanismispulmonic,which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with theintercostal musclesandabdominal 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/.