Voiced alveolar nasal

IPA mark	n
IPA number	116
IPA character description	Latin minuscule n
Unicode	U + 006E (n)
HTML (dec.)	& # 110;
X-SAMPA	n
Kirshenbaum	n

A voiced alveolar nasal is a consonant created by an alveolar occlusion in the oral cavity. The closure is released nasally . Alveolar sounds are formed by raising the ring of the tongue ( Latin: corōna "tip of the tongue, blade of the tongue") on or against the perineum (against the alveoli).

Phonetic and orthographic realization of the voiced alveolar nasal in different languages:

• German [⁠ n ⁠] : N, n
• English [⁠ n ⁠] : N, n
• French [ n̪ ]: N, n, unless used to nasalize the preceding vowel .
• Italian [ n̪ ]: N, n
• Russian : Н, н
• Spanish [ n̪ ]: N, n

See also

• consonant
• Nasal (phonetics)
• Alveolar
• Voicing

Pulmonary consonants according to IPA (2005)	bilabial		labio- dental		dental		alveolar		post- alveolar		retroflex		palatal		velar		uvular		phase- ryngal		glottal
	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.
Plosives	​p​	​b​					​t​	​d​			​ʈ​	​ɖ​	​c​	​ɟ​	​k​	​ɡ​	​q​	​ɢ​			​ʔ​
Nasals		​m​		​ɱ​				​n​				​ɳ​		​ɲ​		​ŋ​		​ɴ​
Vibrants		​ʙ​						​r​										​ʀ​
Taps / flaps				​ⱱ​				​ɾ​				​ɽ​
Fricatives	​ɸ​	​β​	​f​	​v​	​θ​	​ð​	​s​	​z​	​ʃ​	​ʒ​	​ʂ​	​ʐ​	​ç​	​ʝ​	​x​	​ɣ​	​χ​	​ʁ​	​H​	​ʕ​	​H​	​ɦ​
lateral fricatives							​ɬ​	​ɮ​
Approximants				​ʋ​				​ɹ​				​ɻ​		​j​		​w​ ¹
lateral approximants								​l​				​ɭ​		​ʎ​		​ʟ​
¹ The labialised variant [ w ] was inserted here as a voiced velar approximant ( half vowel ) instead of the non-labialised variant [ ɰ ].