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

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]

Latin

Voiced g(n) magnus /magnus/ [maŋnʊs]