Contextual Vowel Nasalization in Mongolian

This paper investigates contextual vowel nasalization in Mongolian. Percentages of nasalization of each vowel in each context were measured using Kay Nasometer II 6400, and formants of nasalized vowels were analyzed with Praat. The highest nasalance score for vowels appeared with nasal contexts, followed by fricative, lateral, stop and affricate contexts. We found that high vowels are more easily nasalized compared to low vowels.