prenasalizationn.
/ˌpriːneɪzəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌpriːneɪzl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpriˌneɪzələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌpriˌneɪzəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Linguistics.
The occurrence or articulation of a brief nasal sound before a consonant, the combination of the two sounds being regarded as a single phonological unit.The phenomenon occurs especially in (initial) consonant clusters in sub-Saharan African languages.
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prenasalization1929
1929 Language 5 192 Forms like mamunga from a root bunga he ascribes to ‘prenasalization’ which he does not clearly explain.
1962 Current Anthropol. 3 413/1 A phenomenon similar to the free variation of medial ‘prenasalised’ plosives is to be found with the prenasalisation of verbs.
1998 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 64 325 Postnasalization is not found alongside prenasalization.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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