articulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as b, v
pronounced with the voice issuing through the nose
uttered without phonation
to change a speech sound to an articulation requiring less effort, as from geminate to nongeminate or from stop to fricative
a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w)
a vowel articulated with a relatively large opening above the tongue or with a relatively large oral aperture