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  • Austronesian languages
    Austronesian languages
    / Phonetic types

    …either of two types: ā€œpreplodedā€ nasals, in which nasal consonants are heard as /-pm/, /-tn/, and /-kng/ at the end of a word, and what might be called ā€œpostplodedā€ nasals /-mb-/, /-nd-/, or /-ngg-/, in which a nasal consonant between vowels is followed by a stop that is almost…

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    …either of two types: ā€œpreplodedā€ nasals, in which nasal consonants are heard as /-pm/, /-tn/, and /-kng/ at the end of a word, and what might be called ā€œpostplodedā€ nasals /-mb-/, /-nd-/, or /-ngg-/, in which a nasal consonant between vowels is followed by a stop that is almost…

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