asynchronous nasalization

Noun (1)

1. nasalization that consists of an oral vowel followed by a nasal semivowel.“It is only before a fricative (and for ‘ą’ in word-final position) that ‘ę’ and ‘ą’ are pronounced as asynchronous nasal vowels, that is, /eu/ and /ou/.”“Before a fricative and in word-final position (in the case of ą) they are transcribed as an oral vowel /ɔ, ɛ/ followed by a nasal consonant /ɲ, ŋ/ or /j̃, w̃/”Type of nasalization, nasalisation