The
palatal nasal is a type of
consonant, used in some
spoken languages. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , a lowercase letter
n with a leftward-pointing tail protruding from the bottom of the left stem of the letter. The equivalent
X-SAMPA symbol is
J. The IPA symbol is similar to , the symbol for the
retroflex nasal, which has a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the right stem, and to , the symbol for the
velar nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the right stem.