/ŋ/ in king, hung, rang, think, long, bank etc
How to pronounce words that end in -ing, -ank, -ink, -ung, and -ang
The consonant /ŋ/ is one of the three nasal sounds we have in English. The other two are /m/ and /n/. The air during the production of these consonants passes through the nasal cavity. In English, all nasals are voiced; that is, there is a vibration in the vocal chords when they are produced.
In the production of /ŋ/, The back of the tongue raises to touch the velum (soft palate on the roof of your mouth). Let air flow out of your nose. Your vocal cords should vibrate.
In most of the words below, you are going to find out that they largely end in the letter ‘g’. In this case, do not pronounce the letter ‘g’ as a consonant sound as in saying kingi, ringi, singi, longi. Assume that the letter ‘g’ is silent and raise the back of your tongue to touch or touch almost your velum or soft palate.
In words that end in ING such as king /kɪŋ/, ring /rɪŋ/, sing /sɪŋ/, fling /flɪŋ/, bring /brɪŋ/, cling /klɪŋ/, being /’biː.ɪŋ/ etc
In words that end in UNG such as hung /hʌŋ/, flung /flʌŋ/, rung /rʌŋ/, sung /sʌŋ/, dung /dʌŋ/, etc
In words that end in ANG such as rang /ræŋ/, bang /bæŋ/, hang /hæŋ/, sang /sæŋ/ etc.
In words that end in INK such as think /θɪŋk/, link /lɪŋk/, blink /blɪŋk/, sink /sɪŋk/, wink /wɪŋk/, drink /drɪŋk/, etc
In words that end in ANK such as bank /bæŋk/, ankle /ˈæŋ.kəl/, thank /θæŋk/, anxious /ˈæŋk.ʃəs/ etc
In words like tongue /tʌŋ/ and long /lɒŋ/.
In your pronunciation of all the words above, you MUST avoid pronouncing the letter ‘g’ as gi or as if there were a consonant sound /g/ there. You must bear in mind that there is no gi in tongue, long, ring, hung, bang and other words in these categories.
Any other word that falls outside of these rules invariably gives us the consonant /n/. In your examinations, you are going to be tested on the distinction between consonants /n/ and /ŋ/.
Exercise
/n/ A. net B. think C. bank D. ring
bank A. knowledge B. pneumonia C. think D. fan
Yours in English,
Francis
This is very explanatory so I don’t have any questions
1. A
2. C