verb
- to articulate (a speech sound) with nasal resonance preceding or accompanying the main articulation
Usage: linguistics; phonetics
Examples
- In some languages, speakers prenasalize certain consonants to create distinct phonetic contrasts.
- The linguist observed that the dialect tends to prenasalize stops in specific phonological environments.
- When you prenasalize a plosive, air flows through the nose before the oral closure is released.
- Prenasalized consonants are common in many African and Austronesian languages.