Phonetics and Phonology (ENG)
VU Lesson-28 VOWELS AND VOWEL-LIKE ARTICULATIONS-III At the end of this section, the students will be able to • DEFINE and EXPLAIN nasalization, semivowels and secondary articulatory gestures involved with vowels.
Topic-140: Nasalization in Vowels In the description of vowels, nasalization is another feature which is not covered by the traditional method of description as it is not found in all languages of the world.
The speakers of Urdu, Punjabi and many other Pakistani regional languages learn to produce a variety of nasal vowels as the part of their mother tongue and face no issue in learning nasalization in vowels. However, for the speakers of other languages (such as English which does not have nasal vowels) have to learn this feature of vowels by starting saying the low vowel /æ/ as in man and by keeping the soft palate lowered. Many languages have contrasts between nasal and oral vowels including French and Urdu. Urdu and Punjabi have many nasal vowels. Urdu has seven nasal vowels such as he (meaning is) vs. h (meaning are. Nasalization in vowels is a common feature of Indo Aryan languages. In IPA chart, the diacritic used for nasalization is the symbol [ ̃] called tilde (used above the phonetic symbol to show the nasality.
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