Voiced labial–velar nasal
A voiced labial–velar nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is.
A labial–velar nasal is found in West and Central Africa and eastern New Guinea, as well as in certain contexts in Vietnamese.
Features
Features of a voiced labial–velar nasal:Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
| Dangme | Dangme | 'Dangme' | ||
| Igala | ñmọ | 'to drink' | Allophone of. See Igala Phonology | |
| Vietnamese | Vietnamese alphabet | 'correct' | Allophone of after. See Vietnamese phonology | |
| Yele | ngmo | 'breast' | Contrasts voiced labial–alveolar nasal and voiced labial–retroflex nasal. |
Labialized variant
Some languages, especially in Vanuatu, combine this labial–velar nasal with a labial–velar approximant release, hence.In the Banks Islands languages which have it, the phoneme is written in local orthographies, using a macron on the corresponding bilabial.
In other languages of Vanuatu further south, the same segment is spelled with a combining tilde.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
| Dorig | m̄sar | 'poor' | Realized with an approximant release. | |
| Lakon | um̄ä | 'house' | Realized with an approximant release. | |
| Lenakel | noanəm̃ɨk | 'egg yolk' | Realized with an approximant release. | |
| Mwesen | tam̄sar | 'person' | Realized with an approximant release. |