Oral (definition)

An oral sound is one in which the air passes through the oral cavity with the velum raised. These contrast with nasal sounds, produced with the velum lowered, allowing air through the nasal cavity.

External Links

The following links on this page go to wikipedia.org. Although more complete, wikipedia.org articles should be used with care as anyone can edit them, and are subject to vandalism and inaccuracies.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet