Places and manners of articulation

Nasals

Just like the affricates, the nasals of English are among the most common in languages of the world. However, mention should be made of the next most common nasal, [ɲ], which is palatal. This sound is part of several languages such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Catalan, Irish, and Sundanese. Other nasals that are worth mentioning are the uvular [N], which is found in Japanese and in several Amerindian languages, and retroflex nasal [ṇ] (or [ɳ]) found in Malayalam.