Voiceless retroflex nasal

The voiceless retroflex nasal is an extremely rare type of

Features

Features of the voiceless retroflex nasal:

• Its
  nasal
  , the blocked airflow is redirected through the nose.
• Its place of articulation is retroflex, which prototypically means it is articulated subapical (with the tip of the tongue curled up), but more generally, it means that it is postalveolar without being palatalized. That is, besides the prototypical subapical articulation, the tongue can be apical (pointed) or, in some fricatives, laminal (flat).
• Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
• It is a
  nasal stops
  ) or in addition to through the mouth.
• 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
  intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles
  , as in most sounds.

• Index of phonetics articles

References

External links

• List of languages with [ɳ̥] on PHOIBLE