Occurrence
Many languages claimed to have a palatal nasal, such as Portuguese, actually have an alveolo-palatal nasal. This is likely true of several of the languages listed here. There are few languages which contrast the two possibilities, though this does occur in some non-standard dialects of Malayalam.
- True palatals
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French | agneau | 'lamb' | A true palatal. See French phonology | ||
| Hungarian | anya | 'mother' | A true palatal. See Hungarian phonology | ||
| Italian | bagno | 'bath' | A true palatal. See Italian phonology | ||
| Spanish | enseñar | 'to teach' | A true palatal. See Spanish phonology | ||
| Vietnamese | nhà | 'house' | A true palatal. See Vietnamese phonology | ||
- Other
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech | kůň | 'horse' | May be intermediate between palatal and alveolo-palatal. See Czech phonology | ||
- Unclear
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | një | 'one' | |||
| Basque | andereño | 'teacher (f)' | |||
| Dinka | nyɔt | 'very' | |||
| Dutch | oranje | 'orange' | Not all dialects. See Dutch phonology | ||
| Galician | leña | 'firewood' | Probably a nasal palatal approximant, as that of Brazilian and African Portuguese, in the past. | ||
| Greek | πρωτοχρονιά prōtochronia | 'New Year's Day' | See Modern Greek phonology | ||
| Indonesian | banyak | 'a lot' | |||
| Latvian | mākoņains | 'cloudy' | |||
| Macedonian | чешање češanje | 'itching' | |||
| Malay | banyak | 'a lot' | |||
| Malayalam | ഞ | 'I' | |||
| North Frisian | Mooring | fliinj | 'to fly' | ||
| Norwegian | Northern | mann | 'man' | Dialectal. See Norwegian phonology | |
| Southern | |||||
| Occitan | Northern | Polonha | 'Poland' | See Occitan phonology | |
| Southern | |||||
| Gascon | banh | 'bath' | |||
| Quechua | ñuqa | 'I' | |||
| Slovak | pečeň | 'liver' | |||
| West Frisian | njonken | 'next to' | |||
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