nasalisation
/ˌneɪzələˈzeɪʃən/
noun
- The act or process of making a sound through the nose when speaking, or the quality of a sound produced this way.
- In French, nasalisation changes the meaning of words like 'vin' and 'vent'.
- The singer's nasalisation gave her voice a distinctive, twangy quality.
- Linguists study nasalisation to understand how different languages use the nose in speech.