noun
- plural of nasality; the quality or state of being nasal, or the degree to which a sound is produced through the nose
Usage: linguistics, phonetics
Examples
- The linguist studied the nasalities of different vowel sounds across languages.
- Variations in nasalities can affect how speakers of different dialects are perceived.
- The nasalities present in French nasal vowels distinguish them from English vowels.
- Speech pathologists assess nasalities when evaluating velopharyngeal function.