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gutturonasal

American

[guht-uh-roh-ney-zuhl] / ˌgʌt ə roʊˈneɪ zəl /

adjective

articulated in the back of the mouth and given resonance in the nasal cavity, as the sound represented by (ng) in (ring).

noun

a gutturonasal sound.

Etymology

Origin of gutturonasal

First recorded in 1870–75; guttur(al) + -o- + nasal ¹

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