Relating to or involving both the teeth and the nose; relating to sounds produced with both teeth and nasal airflow.
Compound of Latin 'dens' (tooth) and 'nasus' (nose), with the adjectival suffix '-al.' This phonetic term describes articulation involving both these anatomical features.
Sounds like 'n' involve nasal airflow, and some phonetic descriptions note the relationship between nasal sounds and dental positioning—language is incredibly complex when you start examining exactly how your mouth shapes each sound!
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