WRITING

Here are some loan-words written with the nasalized vowel   n\/ m\ /  M [an].

 

ln\dn\ London (Eng)
Aemrikn\ American (Eng)
stugM square (Pali)
mdm\ madam(Eng)
qMGa monk (Pali) 

READING

You will read the word mn\;tel; as [màn tá lè] when you are reading as it is written, but it is sometimes read or said [màn dâ lè] and sometimes [màn nâ lè].  Notice that the consonant [t] that follows immediately after the nasalized vowel [an] changes to the nasalized consonant [n].  Nasalization of the consonant following after a nasalized vowel usually occurs when a speaker says a word fast. 

 

WRITTEN

READ

qMGa [than ga] [than ga]
[than nga]
pn\;`KM [pàn jan]

[pàn jan]

[pàn njan]
sn\df [san da]

[san da]

[san na]

WEAKENING

Notice that the syllable `mn\ [mjan] of `mn\ma[mjan ma] is weakened and read as `mma [mjâ mja]