Pronunciation, assimilation; ‘French’ g– and j–; spelling of words in –m, –n; word division

Assimilation is when one consonant influences another consonant next to it. In other words, the phrase min bror ‘my brother’ is pronounced as [mimbrω:r]; the [n] sound changes to [m] because the speaker’s lips anticipate the bilabial [b]. This happens in other cases with n – b: han bor ‘he lives’ [hambω:r]; en boll ‘a ball’ [embɔl].