Nasal palatal approximant
The nasal palatal approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some oral languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet  that represents this sound is , that is, a j with a tilde. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is j~, and in the Americanist phonetic notation it is .

The nasal palatal approximant is sometimes called a nasal yod;  and  may be called nasal glides.

Features
Features of the nasal palatal approximant:

 It is a nasal consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the nose, in this case in addition to through the mouth.

Occurrence
, written ny, is a common realization of  before nasal vowels in many languages of West Africa that do not have a phonemic distinction between voiced nasal and oral stops, such as Yoruba, Ewe and Bini languages.

See also
 Palatal nasal
 Nasal labio-velar approximant
 Labiodental nasal, which may be an approximant in the one language in which it is phonemic
 Voiceless nasal glottal approximant
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Nasal consonants
Palatal consonants
Central consonants
Voiced consonants
Pulmonic consonants