Voiced velar nasal.
The soft palate is lowered and the vocal folds vibrate. The back of the tongue and the soft palate form an obstruction for the pulmonic air stream, which escapes through the nasal cavity.
| <ng> | sing /sɪŋ/ | ||
| <n> | sink /sɪŋk/ | ||
| Rare cases: |
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| singer /ˈsɪŋə/ |
| pink /pɪŋk/ |
| sink /sɪŋk/ |
| tongue /tʌŋ/ |
| uncle /ˈʌŋkl̩/ |
| hungry /ˈhʌŋɡri/ |
| angry /ˈæŋɡri/ |
| thinking /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ |
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I heard a loud bang, and someone singing a song.
/ˈaɪ 'hɜ:d ə 'laʊd 'bæŋ ənd ˈsʌmwʌn ˈsɪŋɪŋ ə 'sɒŋ/ |
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I’m going to the bank.
/'aɪm ˈɡəʊɪŋ tə ðə 'bæŋk/ |
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The singer, when he was younger, broke his finger.
/ðə ˈsɪŋə wen hi wəz ˈjʌŋɡə 'brəʊk ɪz ˈfɪŋɡə/ |
The soft palate is lowered and the vocal folds vibrate. The back of the tongue and the soft palate form an obstruction for the pulmonic air stream, which escapes through the nasal cavity.