nasalization
/ˌneɪzələˈzeɪʃən/
noun
- The act or process of making a sound (especially a speech sound) through the nose, or the quality of being produced with air flowing through the nose.
- The singer's nasalization gave her voice a distinctive, twangy quality.
- Linguists study nasalization to understand how different languages use the nose to create sounds.
- In French, nasalization changes the meaning of words like 'vin' and 'vint'.