Nasal labial–velar approximant

The nasal labial–velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨w̃⟩, that is, a w with a tilde. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is.

The nasal approximants and  may also be called nasal glides. In some languages like Portuguese, they form a second element of nasal diphthongs.

Features
Features of the nasal labial–velar approximant: