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==True nasal fricatives==
{{Infobox IPA
| above      = Nasal fricative
| ipa symbol = ◌͋
| ipa number =
| decimal1   =
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{{anchor|nareal|Nareal}}
Besides nasalized oral fricatives, there are true nasal fricatives, or ''anterior nasal fricatives'', previously called ''nareal fricatives''. They are sometimes produced by people with [[Speech disorder|disordered speech]]. The [[turbulence]] in the airflow characteristic of [[fricative]]s is produced not in the mouth but at the [[anterior nasal port]], the narrowest part of the [[nasal cavity]]. (Turbulence can also be produced at the posterior nasal port, or velopharyngeal port, when that port is narrowed &ndash; see [[velopharyngeal fricative]]. With anterior nasal fricatives, the velopharyngeal port is open.) A superimposed homothetic sign that resembles a [[Colon (punctuation)|colon]] divided by a tilde is used for this in the [[extensions to the IPA]]: {{IPA|[n͋]}} is a voiced alveolar nasal fricative, with no airflow out of the mouth, and {{IPA|[n̥͋]}} is the voiceless equivalent; {{IPA|[v͋]}} is an oral fricative with simultaneous nasal frication. No known language makes use of nasal fricatives in non-disordered speech.