Oral (definition)
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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. This cna also be looked at as sounds classified as oral are produced through the mouth and not the nose. If any air passes through the nose to produce the sound, the sound is nasal.
References
Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
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