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How are preploded nasal consonants formed in some Austronesian languages?
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Austronesian languages
Major divisions of the Austronesian languages.
In some Austronesian languages, particularly those found in Borneo and certain other regions, "preploded" nasal consonants are a distinct phonetic feature. These sounds are formed as nasal consonants that occur at the end of a word and are heard as /-pm/, /-tn/, and /-kng/.1
This phenomenon is distinct from "postploded" nasals, which occur between vowels and involve a nasal consonant followed by a stop that is typically very brief.1