Editing Ho-Chunk language (section)

=== Nasalization patterns ===
In Ho-Chunk, vowels {{IPA|/i a u/}} always occur as nasalized when they follow nasal consonants {{IPA|/m n/}}. Nasality spreads to an adjacent vowel if that vowel is nasalizable as well.<ref name=":02"/>  [[Consonant harmony|Nasality spreads]] across syllable or word boundaries and can move across consonants {{IPA|/h/}} and {{IPA|/w/}}, but is blocked by all other consonants. Examples include {{lang|win|nąįžą}} {{IPA|/nãĩʒã/}} {{gloss|a tree}} and {{lang|win|ha'ųwį}} {{IPA|/haʔũwĩ/}} {{gloss|we (exclusive) do}}:

{{interlinear|number=ex:
|top= nąįžą
|nąą hižą
|tree one
|'a tree'}}

{{interlinear|number=ex:
|top= ha'ųwį
|ha- ųų -wi
|1.EX.A- do -PL
|'We (exclusive) do'}}

Another frequently occurring nasalization pattern is /r/ to [n] alternation: /r/ is pronounced as [n] when it immediately follows a nasal vowel. That is shown in the definite marker /ra/ on the verb 'have' ''-nį'''-''''', which occurs as [nã] in the sentence 'My knife is dull' below:

{{interlinear|number=ex:
|top= Mąąhį haanįną juujuxšąną
|Mąąhį ha&lt;ha&gt;nį{{=}}ra juujux-šąną
|knife &lt;1.EX.A&gt;have{{=}}DEF dull-DECL
|'My knife is dull'}}