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M/N Minimal Pairs

Initial
map – nap
mall – nall (nall = surname; phonotactically valid)
mad – nad (nonsense but valid)
met – net
mop – nop (nop = valid programming term)

Medial
camer – caner
tamee– gainer
limer - liner
salmon - canon
beaming - beaning

Final
ram – ran
sum – sun
dim – din
him – hin (hin = dialectal but valid)
seem – seen

N/L

Initial
ram – ran
sum – sun
dim – din
him – hin (hin = dialectal but valid)
seem – seen

Medial
fawning – falling
tenor – teller
penner – cellar
sinner – siller
renner – reller

Final
pan – pal
tan – gal
din – dill
con – call
man – mal

M/N Sentences

Mina made many mini mango muffins on Monday morning.
My mom and Nana named the new kitten “Mimi.”
Nina normally meets me near the main monument.
The man in the mint‑green uniform mumbled a funny comment.
Mom reminded me not to mention my missing notebook.

Many men and women in the community enjoy morning meditation.
Nina and Mona moved the small mountain of messy magazines.
My neighbor’s new machine makes a humming, humming, humming sound.
The moment Nami noticed the moon, she made a nice memory.
Manny and Naomi ran from the warm rain to the mini museum.

N/L Sentences

Nina likes to learn new lessons in the little language lab.
Lena and Nolan lined up near the long, narrow lane.
The noisy lion leaned on the low, lonely log.
Nelly never lets the little lamp lose its light.
Liam and Nina listened to the lovely night lullaby.

The new local library has a long line of novels.
Nolan’s lunch was a lemon noodle bowl with lentils.
Luna noticed the neon lights near the lake at night.
The lazy llama nibbled the green leaves all afternoon.
Nina and Lily laughed loudly while learning new lines.

M/N/L Sentences

Many small animals move along the narrow metal line.
A mellow moon glows near the calm mountain lake.
The little melon rolled in a messy corner of the room.
Morning rain made the long lemon leaves shine.
A normal meal with noodles, milk, and melon felt lovely.

The noisy machine hummed loudly in the long hallway.
A tiny mineral lamp lit the minimal wooden table.
Lemon muffins and warm mint tea made a nice moment.
The calm animal leaned on the warm, lonely wall.
Many lonely mountains looked enormous in the morning light.