The voiceless bilabial nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨m̥⟩, a combination of the letter for the voiced bilabial nasal and a diacritic indicating voicelessness. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is m_0
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Features of the voiceless bilabial nasal:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Burmese[1] | မှာ/hma: | [m̥à] | 'notice' | ||
Central Alaskan Yup'ik[2] | pisteḿun | [ˈpistəm̥un] | 'to the servant' | ||
Estonian[3] | lehm | [ˈlehm̥] | 'cow' | Word-final allophone of /m/ after /t, s, h/.[3] See Estonian phonology | |
French | prisme | [pχis̪m̥] | 'prism' | Allophone of /m/. See French phonology | |
Hmong | Hmoob | [m̥ɔ̃́] | 'Hmong' | ||
Icelandic | hampur | [ˈham̥pʏr] | 'hemp' | See Icelandic phonology | |
Jalapa Mazatec[4] | hma | [m̥a] | 'black' | Contrasts with a voiced and a laryngealized bilabial nasal. | |
Kildin Sami[5] | лēӎӎьк/ljeehmhmk | [lʲeːm̥ʲːk] | 'strap' | ||
Muscogee | camhcá:ka | [t͡ʃəm̥t͡ʃɑːɡə] | 'bell' | ||
Ukrainian[6] | ритм/ritm | [rɪt̪m̥] | 'rhythm' | Word-final allophone of /m/ after voiceless consonants.[6] See Ukrainian phonology | |
Washo | Mášdɨmmi | [ˈm̥aʃdɨmmi] | 'he's hiding' | ||
Welsh[7] | fy mhen | [və m̥ɛn] | 'my head' | Occurs as the nasal mutation of /p/. See Welsh phonology | |
Xumi | Lower[8] | [m̥ɛ̃˦] | 'medicine' | Contrasts with the voiced /m/.[8][9] | |
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Yi Language | ꂚ Hma | [m̥a] | 'Cuckoo Tree' |