Pronunciation Lab

Practise with trustworthy examples. Reviewed audio is used where it is available. On other items, you can still record, listen back and retry. Pronunciation feedback appears only where this lab has a reviewed feedback check.

See · compare · tongue tip for /n/, tongue back for /ŋ/

Close at the alveolar ridge for /n/; close at the velum for /ŋ/

Both sounds are voiced nasals. Final /n/ uses tongue-tip contact at the alveolar ridge, while final /ŋ/ raises the back of the tongue against the soft palate. Keep the onset and vowel stable and move only the place of nasal closure.

Voiced alveolar nasal/n/

Schematic target articulation. It is not a measurement of the learner's mouth.

Place: alveolar
Manner: nasal
Tongue tip: alveolar closure
Airflow: nasal
Voice: voiced

Voiced velar nasal/ŋ/

Schematic target articulation. It is not a measurement of the learner's mouth.

Place: velar
Manner: nasal
Tongue tip: —
Airflow: nasal
Voice: voiced

What you are hearing: these short clips come from the reviewed sentence at the end of this lab. Use them as context examples for the sound.