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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 the letter ''[[v]]'' (read like "you" in English but nasal), chosen because it looks like the Greek letter "nu" ( | 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" ([[ν]]). The word for nose is ''{{x|phvi}}'', which also means "to smell". | ||
[[File:Front_nasal_new.mp3]] | [[File:Front_nasal_new.mp3]] | ||