Abstract
Nasal harmony refers to phonological patterns where nasalization is transmitted in long‐distance fashion. The long‐distance nature of nasal harmony can be met by the transmission of nasalization either to a series of segments or to a non‐adjacent segment. Nasal harmony usually occurs within words or a smaller domain, either morphologically or prosodically defined. This chapter introduces the chief characteristics of nasal harmony patterns with exemplification, and highlights related theoretical themes. It focuses primarily on the different roles that segments can play in nasal harmony, and the typological properties to which they give rise. The following terminological conventions will be assumed. Atriggeris a segment that initiates nasal harmony. Atargetis a segment that undergoes harmony. Anopaque segmentorblockerhalts nasal harmony. Atransparent segmentis one that does not display nasalization within a span of nasal harmony, but does not halt harmony from transmitting beyond it.
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