Editing Nasal consonant (section)

{{Short description|Consonant pronounced by letting air escape through the nose but not through the mouth}}
{{About|nasal stop consonants|other types of consonants produced with nasal resonance|Nasalization}}
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In [[phonetics]], a '''nasal''', also called a '''nasal occlusive''' or '''nasal stop''' in contrast with an [[Stop consonant|oral stop]] or [[nasalization|nasalized consonant]], is an [[occlusive]] [[consonant]] [[manner of articulation|produced]] with a lowered [[soft palate|velum]], allowing air to escape freely through the nose. The vast majority of consonants are [[oral consonant]]s. Examples of nasals in [[English language|English]] are {{IPA|[n]}}, {{IPA|[ŋ]}} and {{IPA|[m]}}, in words such as ''nose'', ''bring'' and ''mouth''. Nasal occlusives are nearly universal in human languages. There are also other kinds of '''nasal consonants''' in some languages.