WRITING
Here are some loan-words written with the nasalized dipthong
in\/ im\/ [ein].| gYn\win\; | John Wayne (Eng) |
| spin\ | Spain (Eng) |
| plin\; | plain (Eng) |
| krin\; | crane (Eng) |
| qim\ | Buddhist ordination hall (Pali) |
READING
You will read this word Amin\>eta\ as [á méin taw] when you are reading as it is written, but it is sometimes read or said [â méin daw] and sometimes [â méin naw]. Notice that the consonant [t] that follows the nasalized dipthong changes to the nasalized consonant [n]. Nasalization of the consonant following after a nasalized vowel usually occurs when a speaker says a word fast.