Phoneme: n

IPA: [n]

m [n]: alveolar nasal


Word: shinii’ [ʃɪniːʔ] “my face”

Description: The n [n] is an alveolar nasal stop in stem initial position, intervocalically, and preceded by the first-person, singular pronoun shi [ʃɪ]. Nasal sounds are stops with the air pushed out through the nasal cavity (the nose).