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Revision as of 14:22, 13 August 2005

ŋ
Pulmonic Consonant
IPA: ŋ
X-SAMPA: N
Kirshenbaum: N
Place of Articulation: Velar
Manner of Articulation: Nasal Stop
Phonological features:

[+consonantal]
[+sonorant]
[+contin-acous]
[+nasal]
[+DORSAL]
  [+high]

The velar nasal is a fairly common sound cross-linguistically. It is often an allophone of n before a velar sound.

Velar nasals in natlangs

English

Voiced ng sing /sɪŋ/
n(k,g) sank /sænk/ [sæŋk]

Ancient Greek

Voiced γ(γ,κ,ν,μ,χ) ἄγγελος [áŋɡelos]

Latin

Voiced g(n) magnus /magnus/ [maŋnʊs]

Velar nasals in conlangs

Atlantic

Voiced Kirumb-small-letter-angma.png (ŋ) viŋe [vìŋə]

Ithkuil

Voiced ņ gaņiut /ɡaŋiut/
Unvoiced
Voiced geminated ņņ sa’weņņün /saʔweŋŋʉn/