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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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pronunciation of ng

Is there a difference in the pronunciation of sing and sin please?
  

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Yes, but it is slight. com/definition/english/sing

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Anonymous Is there a difference in the pronunciation of sing and sin please?
Yes. Both 'n' and 'ng' represent nasal sounds (IPA /n/, /?/), but /n/ is said with the tongue resting just above the upper teeth while /?/ is said with the tongue drawn back into the throat. If your native language doesn't have one or the other of these sounds, they may sound the sa
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Do you actually hear both sounds n and g in the pronunciation of 'ng'?
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AnonymousDo you actually hear both sounds n and g in the pronunciation of 'ng'?
NO! When 'n' is followed by the letter 'g', the 'g' is just a sort of diacritic mark that tells you to pronounce the 'n' farther back in your throat, not a letter that's pronounced itself. It's like "sh". You don't pronounce an 's' and then an 'h'. The 'h' just tells you that t
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