Nasal consonant

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In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive or nasal stop in contrast with an oral stop or nasalized consonant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose. The vast majority of consonants are oral consonants. Examples of nasals in English are [n] as in nose, [ŋ] as in bring, and [m] as in mouth. Nasal occlusives are nearly universal in human languages. There are also other kinds of nasal consonants in some languages.

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