/m/ as in "map"

/m/ is a voiced bilabial nasal of General American English, as in "map" and "moon." To produce it, lips closed, sound through the nose. Phoneme provides native-speaker audio and minimal-pair contrasts so learners can hear and practice this consonant.

How to make /m/

voiced bilabial nasal — lips closed, sound through the nose.

Sounds that learners confuse with /m/

• /m/ vs /n/ — /n/ as in "note"

Minimal pairs for /m/

/m/ vs /n/

/m/	/n/
map	nap
mine	nine
sum	sun
mail	nail
mice	nice
same	sane
came	cane
home	hone