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Re: IPA for "Unfinished /m/"

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Saturday, April 26, 2003, 20:51
Arthaey Angosii wrote:
> I've discovered that in certain environments, the Asha'illen /m/ isn't > quite an [m]. What happens is that as you're pronouncing the m, your lips > close in on the final m-position, but they never quite close completely. > > So in a sequence like <am>, it's NOT [Am] but something sounding similar to > [Au] (or [Ao] or [Aw]). It's also like English "owl" without the <l> and > without rounding the <w>. It's also like (as my friend insists) says > "oww!" after getting your lip numbed at the dentist. > > How is this described linguistically and IPAly?
Maybe a nasalized labio-velar approximant? [w~] ?