# pre-stopped consonant

> phonological process involving the historical or allophonic insertion of a very short stop consonant before a sonorant, such as a short [d] before a nasal [n] or a lateral [l]

**Wikidata**: [Q7239267](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7239267)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-stopped_consonant)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/pre-stopped-consonant