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Denasal




When speaking with a head cold, the Nasal Passages still function as a resonant cavity, so a denasalized nasal stop does not sound like a voiced oral stop , and a denasalized vowel does not sound like an oral vowel .

However, there are cases of historical or allophonic denasalization which have produced oral stops. In some languages with nasal vowels, such as s, such as Baby Talk , the nasal stops became the voiced oral stops . It appears from historical records that there was an intermediate stage when these stops were prenasalized .