Dental nasal

The dental nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages . The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet thatrepresents this sound is n̪, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is n_d.

Features of this consonant:

• Its manner of articulation is plosive or stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocaltract.
• Its place of articulation is dental which means it is articulated with the tongue on either the lower orthe upper teeth , or both.
• Its phonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibratingduring the articulation.
• It is a nasal consonant , which means air is allowed to escapethrough the nose.
• It is a central consonant , which means it is produced byallowing the airstream to flow over the center of the tongue, rather than the sides.
• The airstream mechanism is pulmonic egressive , which means it is articulated by pushing air out ofthe lungs and through the vocal tract, rather than from the glottis or the mouth.