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- The voiced palatal nasal is a type of consonant. The letter for this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨ ɲ ⟩. The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is ⟨J⟩. English does not have this sound but Spanish does, where it is represented by "ñ".
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The IPA symbol derives from n and j , n for nasality and j denoting palatal. [2] In Spanish and languages whose writing systems are influenced by Spanish orthography, it is represented by the letter ñ , called eñe ("enye"). In French and Italian orthographies the sound is represented by the digraph gn .
In Castilian Spanish, its allophones in word-initial position include the palatal approximant [j], the palatal fricative [ʝ], the palatal affricate [ɟʝ] and the palatal stop [ɟ]. After a pause, a nasal, or a lateral, it may be realized as an affricate (); in other contexts, /ʝ/ is generally realized as an approximant .
The voiced velar nasal, also known as eng, engma, or agma (from Greek ἆγμα âgma 'fragment'), is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It is the sound of ng in English sing as well as n before velar consonants as in English and ink.
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It is found in the Mapuche language of South America, where it is actually interdental. A true dental generally occurs allophonically before /θ/ in the languages that have it, as in English tenth. Similarly, a denti-alveolar allophone occurs in languages that have denti-alveolar stops, as in Spanish cinta .
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The voiced palatal plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɟ , a barred dotless j that was initially created by turning the type for a lowercase letter f . The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is J\ .
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 ɲ̊ and ɲ̥ , which are combinations of the letter for the voiced palatal nasal and a diacritic indicating voicelessness .
