Explore Prenasalized through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Prenasalized in a sentence
Prenasalized meaning
simple past and past participle of prenasalize
Using Prenasalized
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of prenasalize
- In the example corpus, prenasalized often appears in combinations such as: prenasalized stops, or prenasalized.
Context around Prenasalized
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prenasalized
- In this selection, "prenasalized" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, voiced, voiceless, become, stops, stop and clicks stand out and add context to how "prenasalized" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2 voiced prenasalized stops row and 4 voiceless prenasalized stops row. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prenasalized" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prenasalized
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Various languages also have prenasalized clicks, which may be analyzed as consonant sequences. (13 words)
A prenasalized stop starts out with a lowered velum that raises during the occlusion. (14 words)
Wukari allows oral vowels in syllables like ba, mba and nasal vowels in bã, mã, suggesting that nasals become prenasalized stops before oral vowels. (24 words)
In the classical Quenya mode, row 1 represents voiceless stops, row 2 voiced prenasalized stops, row 3 voiceless fricatives, row 4 voiceless prenasalized stops, row 5 nasal stops, and row 6 approximants. (32 words)
Xoo dialect of Taa found several new manners: creaky voiced (the voiced equivalent of glottalized oral), breathy-voiced nasal, prenasalized ɡlottalized (the voiced equivalent of glottalized), and a (pre)voiced ejective. (31 words)
HTM Another feature that distinguishes Sinhala from its sister Indo-Aryan languages is the presence of a set of five nasal sounds known as half-nasal or prenasalized stops. (29 words)
Example sentences (7)
In the classical Quenya mode, row 1 represents voiceless stops, row 2 voiced prenasalized stops, row 3 voiceless fricatives, row 4 voiceless prenasalized stops, row 5 nasal stops, and row 6 approximants.
A prenasalized stop starts out with a lowered velum that raises during the occlusion.
HTM Another feature that distinguishes Sinhala from its sister Indo-Aryan languages is the presence of a set of five nasal sounds known as half-nasal or prenasalized stops.
Postulating underlying oral or prenasalized stops rather than true nasals helps to explain the apparent instability of nasal correspondences throughout Niger–Congo compared with, for example, Indo-European.
Various languages also have prenasalized clicks, which may be analyzed as consonant sequences.
Wukari allows oral vowels in syllables like ba, mba and nasal vowels in bã, mã, suggesting that nasals become prenasalized stops before oral vowels.
Xoo dialect of Taa found several new manners: creaky voiced (the voiced equivalent of glottalized oral), breathy-voiced nasal, prenasalized ɡlottalized (the voiced equivalent of glottalized), and a (pre)voiced ejective.
Common combinations with prenasalized
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- prenasalized stops 5×
- or prenasalized 2×