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Hans51 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

The location of the tip of one's tongue in n sound

When you pronounce the sound n, the loaction of the tip of your tongue touches the teethridge like L sound?

Are the locations of both sounds exactly the same?

And what difference are there in both sound N and L sound?

Thank you so much as usual in advance!
  

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Hans51 When you pronounce the sound n, the loaction of the tip of your tongue touches the teethridge like L sound? This may differ from person to person, but it seems to me from how I do it that I place the tongue very very slightly higher for 'n' than for 'l'. It's almost the same location, but for 'n' my tongue does not touch any teeth, and for 'l' my tongue does touch my front teeth.

— CalifJim

  • Hans51 When you pronounce the sound n, the loaction of the tip of your tongue touches the teethridge like L sound?
  • This may differ from person to person, but it seems to me from how I do it that I place the tongue very very slightly higher for 'n' than for 'l'.
  • It's almost the same location, but for 'n' my tongue does not touch any teeth, and for 'l' my tongue does touch my front teeth.
  • Further, for 'l' the center and sides of the tongue are relaxed so that air can flow through, but for 'n' the tongue is raised against the roof of the mouth to block most of the air and make the sound go through the nasal passages.
  • CJ
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Hans51When you pronounce the sound n, the loaction of the tip of your tongue touches the teethridge like L sound?
This may differ from person to person, but it seems to me from how I do it that I place the tongue very very slightly higher for 'n' than for 'l'. It's almost the same location, but for 'n' my tongue does not touch any teeth, and for 'l' my tongue
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CalifJimI place the tongue very very slightly higher for 'n' than for 'l'. It's almost the same location, but for 'n' my tongue does not touch any teeth, and for 'l' my tongue does touch my front teeth.
It's the same for this speaker of BrE.
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CalifJimfor 'l' the center and sides of the tongue are relaxed so that air can flow through
That, Hans, is why phoneticians refer to the sound [l] as a lateral. The airflow passes through the gap between the sides of the tongueand the teeth until the tip is released from the alveolar ridge.

[n] is a nasal. The airflow passes through t
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