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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nasalization, nasalisationnoun

    the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators

Wiktionary

  1. nasalizationnoun

    (of a vowel) becoming nasal by place of articulation

  2. nasalizationnoun

    a particular instance of such change

Wikipedia

  1. Nasalization

    In phonetics, nasalization (or nasalisation) is the production of a sound while the velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth. An archetypal nasal sound is [n]. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, nasalization is indicated by printing a tilde diacritic U+0303 ◌̃ COMBINING TILDE above the symbol for the sound to be nasalized: [ã] is the nasalized equivalent of [a], and [ṽ] is the nasalized equivalent of [v]. A subscript diacritic [ą], called an ogonek or nosinė, is sometimes seen, especially when the vowel bears tone marks that would interfere with the superscript tilde. For example, [ą̄ ą́ ą̀ ą̂ ą̌] are more legible in most fonts than [ã̄ ã́ ã̀ ã̂ ã̌].

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  1. nasalization

    Nasalization is a phonetic process or phonological feature where the velum or soft palate in the vocal tract is lowered, allowing air to escape through the nasal cavity during the articulation of a sound or speech. This results in the sound having a nasal quality. Nasalized sounds commonly occur in languages around the world, especially in the pronunciation of nasal vowels and consonants.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nasalizationnoun

    the act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized

Wikidata

  1. Nasalization

    In phonetics, nasalization is the production of a sound while the velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth. An archetypal nasal sound is. In the International Phonetic Alphabet nasalization is indicated by printing a tilde diacritic U+0303 ◌̃ combining tilde above the symbol for the sound to be nasalized: is the nasalized equivalent of, and is the nasalized equivalent of. An older IPA subscript diacritic, called an ogonek, is still seen, especially when the vowel bears tone marks that would interfere with the superscript tilde. For example, are more legible in most fonts than.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nasalization in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nasalization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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