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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Pronunciation of words starting with "inc", "unk" or "eng"
Dear teachers,
I'd like to know if the prefixes "in", "en", "un" --preceding the letters "c", "k", "q" and "g"-- can always be pronounced with a velar nasal /?/ instead of the alveolar nasal /n/, or does it depend on the type of prefix?
Examples:
a) inconceivable, inconvenient, incorporate, incur, incline, increase; encode; encumber; uncage, uncoated.
b) enkindle; unkindle, unkind, unkept.
c) inquest, inquire; enquire; unquilified.
d) ingoing, ingulf; engulf, engage, englobe; ungainly, unglue.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'd like to know if the prefixes "in", "en", "un" --preceding the letters "c", "k", "q" and "g"-- can always be pronounced with a velar nasal /?/ instead of the alveolar nasal /n/, or does it depend on the type of prefix?
Examples:
a) inconceivable, inconvenient, incorporate, incur, incline, increase; encode; encumber; uncage, uncoated.
b) enkindle; unkindle, unkind, unkept.
c) inquest, inquire; enquire; unquilified.
d) ingoing, ingulf; engulf, engage, englobe; ungainly, unglue.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
It would appear so, unless you find some exceptions !
- It would appear so, unless you find some exceptions !
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Anonymouscan always be pronounced with a velar nasal /?/ instead of the alveolar nasal /n/Well, of course, you can, if you insist, but you won't hear that /?/ coming out of my mouth for any of those. Some that connect to a /k/ are tolerable to the ear (inquest, inquire), but most of them sound wrong to me with /?/.
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