鼻び音おん化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

nasalization

Linguistic term referring to a sound change where an oral sound becomes nasal, or the addition of nasal resonance. Used as a noun or with する to describe the process.

• 日本にほん語ごでは、母ぼ音いんの鼻び音おん化かはあまり見みられない。

  In Japanese, nasalization of vowels is rarely observed.

• この方ほう言げんでは、語ご末まつの「ん」の影えい響きょうで前まえの母ぼ音いんが鼻び音おん化かする。

  In this dialect, the preceding vowel becomes nasalized due to the influence of the final 'n'.