Velar nasal
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| ŋ | |
|---|---|
| Pulmonic Consonant | |
| IPA: | ŋ |
| X-SAMPA: | N |
| Kirshenbaum: | N |
| Place of Articulation: | Velar |
| Manner of Articulation: | Nasal Stop |
| Phonological features: |
[+consonantal] |
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
| Voiced | ng | sing /sɪŋ/ |
| n(k,g) | sank /sænk/ [sæŋk] |
| Voiced | γ(γ,κ,ν,μ) | ἄγγελος [áŋɡelos] |
| Voiced | g(n) | magnus /magnus/ [maŋnʊs] |
Velar nasals in conlangs
| Voiced |  (ŋ) |
viŋe [vìŋə] |
| Voiced | ņ | gaņiut /ɡaŋiut/ |
| Unvoiced | hņ | |
| Voiced geminated | ņņ | sa’weņņün /saʔweŋŋʉn/ |
