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An oral sound is one in which the air passes through the oral cavity with the [[Velum (definition)|velum]] raised and closed against the back of the throat. These contrast with [[Nasal (definition)|nasal]] sounds, produced with the velum lowered, allowing air through the nasal cavity. This can 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.  
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An '''oral''' sound is one in which the air passes through the oral cavity with the velum raised and closed against the back of the throat. These contrast with [[Nasal (definition)|nasal]] sounds, produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to pass through the nasal cavity. In summary, air only passes through the mouth in oral sounds while air can escape through the nose during nasal ones.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
*[[Nasal (definition)]]
 
*[[Nasal (definition)]]
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*[[Velum (definition)]]
 
*[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]
 
*[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_consonant
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_consonant
  

Revision as of 13:21, 10 November 2020

An oral sound is one in which the air passes through the oral cavity with the velum raised and closed against the back of the throat. These contrast with nasal sounds, produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to pass through the nasal cavity. In summary, air only passes through the mouth in oral sounds while air can escape through the nose during nasal ones.

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References

  • Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
  • Ladefoged, Peter (1993) A Course in Phonetics Third Edition. London: Harcourt Press.
  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.