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==== Nasal vowels ====
==== Nasal vowels ====


These vowel sounds are made using your nose. Most vowels from the first two groups can be nasalized, indicated by a ''[[v]]'', chosen because it looks like the Greek letter "nu" ({{wt|ν}}).
These vowel sounds are made using your nose. Most vowels from the first two groups can be nasalized, indicated by the letter ''[[v]]'' (read like "you" in English but nasal), chosen because it looks like the Greek letter "nu" ({{wt|ν}}).


[[File:Front_nasal.mp3]]
[[File:Front_nasal.mp3]]
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