Re: A couple questions.

>From: Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...>
>Examining the 1996 edition of the IPA chart, I see no symbol for a lateral
>nasal (and the symbol you describe is not there either).  So I guess
I think that symbol was in the 194? revision of IPA; indeed it is no longer
used.

>(1) If the sound is best thought of as a nasalised lateral liquid, then you
>could use [l] with a tilde over it to indicate nasalisation.
>
>(2) If the sound is best thought of as a nasal stop which has a lateral
>release, then you should probably use [n] followed by a superscript [l]
>(the symbol for lateral release).
>
>(3) If it's the other way round--a lateral liquid which has a nasal
>release--then you could use [l] followed by a superscript [n] (the
>symbol for nasal release).
>
>(4) If it's a double-articulated sound, you could use [nl] with the two
>symbols joined by a tie-bar.
Ouch!  I didn't think about FOUR different phonetic situations!  Really,
what I meant was this analogy: [nl?] is to [dl] what [n] is to [d]?  (2) is
most what I was looking for, a laterally-released [n].

This consonant is found in my conlang, Tech -- but no natlang I'm aware of.

Danny
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