Re: Nasal semivowels/fricatives?

Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:

>Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>> Those nasalized stops are *really* nasalized, not simply prenasalized,
>> and yet I have no difficulties pronuncing them. So you can nasalize even
>> stops,
>
>I don't understand - what's the difference between a "nasalized stop"
>and an ordinary nasal?

And how are prenasalized stops different from nasal + stop clusters?

I seem to recall a discussion about this somewhere (maybe here),
but there must be a difference. As for me, if I'm pronouncing
/b/ and let air through my nose, I make a sound that is quite
like /m/, but not the same. The question is: do these nasalized
stops contrast with proper nasal stops in any natlang?


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