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,χ) | 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/ |