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===Coda nasal===

The '''coda nasal''' or '''moraic nasal''' is an {{w|archiphoneme}} of syllable-final {{tp|-n}}, sometimes transcribed as '''{{IPA|/N/}}''' and realized as {{IPA|[<nowiki />{{w|Bilabial nasal|m}} ~ {{w|Alveolar nasal|n}} ~ {{w|Palatal nasal|ɲ}} ~ {{w|Velar nasal|ŋ}}<nowiki />]}} depending on context. It can {{w|Assimilation (phonology)|assimilate}} to the {{w|place of articulation}} of the following consonant.

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~~The~~ ~~'''coda nasal''' or '''moraic nasal''' is an {{w|archiphoneme}}~~, that is an underspecificied {{wp|phoneme}}, written as {{IPA|/N/}} and realized as {{IPA|[m ~ n ~ ɲ ~ ŋ]}} depending on context. It undergoes {{w|Assimilation (phonology)|assimilation}}, that is it gets more similar to the following consonant, in words such as {{tp|[[anpa]]}}~~, which~~ may be pronounced as {{IPA|[~~ˈampa~~]}}; ~~{{tp|[[Sonko]]}} (the name for {{w|China}}), which may be pronounced as {{IPA|[ˈsoŋko]}}; and~~ {{tp|[[linja]]}}~~, which~~ may be pronounced as {{IPA|['~~liɲja~~]}}.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/828474497865744444/1160900495838294136|name={{tok|jan Juwan}}|username=juwan.|message-type=Informal poll|channel={{tok|sona-kulupu}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|quote=how do you pronounce 'linja'? (multiple answers are fine)"|access-date=12 October 2023}}

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For example, {{tp|[[anpa]]}} may be pronounced as {{IPA|[ˈampa]}}; {{tp|[[linja]]}} may be pronounced as {{IPA|['liɲja]}};<ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/828474497865744444/1160900495838294136|name={{tok|jan Juwan}}|username=juwan.|message-type=Informal poll|channel={{tok|sona-kulupu}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|quote=how do you pronounce 'linja'? (multiple answers are fine)"|access-date=12 October 2023}}

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</ref> and {{tp|ma [[Sonko]]}} (a [[place name]] for {{w|China}}) may be pronounced as {{IPA|[ma ˈsoŋko]}}.

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Other speakers try to carefully pronounce the coda nasal as its written value {{IPA|[n]}}, just like {{tp|n-}} at the start of a syllable. This is not always consistent between all words, or all instances of pronouncing them, and assimilation is more common in rapid speech.

===Palatalization===