WRITING
Here are some loan-words written with the nasalized dipthong
un\ / um\ / uM [oun].| buM; | bomb (Eng) |
| zuM | zone (Eng) |
| ty\lIPun\; | telephone(Eng) |
| Suik\kluM; | cyclone (Eng) |
| eBaluM; | ball (Eng) |
READING
You will read this word puM`pc\ as [poun pjin] when you are reading as it is written, but it is sometimes read or said [poun bjin] and sometimes [poun mjin]. Notice that the consonant [p] that follows the nasalized dipthong changes to the nasalized consonant [m]. Nasalization of the consonant following after a nasalized vowel usually occurs when a speaker says a word fast.