4、Assimilation: a process by which one sound takes on some or all the characteristics of a neighbouring sound. It includes nasalization, dentalization and velarization.
1、Result the nasalization of oral speech sounds occurred in initial, final and the syllable.
3、a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
2、Of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing.
