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.
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| qMGa | [than ga] | [than ga] |
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| [than nga] |
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| pn\;`KM | [pàn jan] | [pàn jan] |
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| [pàn njan] |
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| sn\df | [san da] | [san da] |
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| [san na] |
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WEAKENING
Notice that the syllable `mn\ [mjan] of `mn\ma[mjan ma] is weakened and read as `mma [mjâ mja]