Voiceless velar nasal
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ŋ̊⟩ in IPA
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A voiceless velar nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is â¨ÅÌâ©, a combination of the letter for the voiced velar nasal and a diacritic indicating voicelessness. (For reasons of legibility, the ring is usually placed above the letter, rather than regular â¨ÅÌ¥â©).
Features
Features of a voiceless velar nasal:
- Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Because the consonant is also nasal, the blocked airflow is redirected through the nose.
- Its place of articulation is velar, which means it is articulated with the back of the tongue (the dorsum) at the soft palate.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
- It is a nasal consonant, which means air is exclusively allowed to escape through the nose for nasal stops; otherwise, in addition to through the mouth.
- It is a median consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream down the midline of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air only with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alutiiq | eqeshngarluni | [ÉqÉsÅÌaÏluni] | 'sneeze once' | See Alutiiq language. | |
| Burmese[1] | áá¾á«á¸ / nga: | [ÅÌá] | 'borrow' | ||
| Central Alaskan Yup'ik[2] | calisteÅguciquq | [tÊaËlistÉËÅÌutÊɪquq] | 'he will be a worker' | ||
| Central Siberian Yupik[3] | aaptengnga | [aËptÉÅÌa] | '(you all) answer me!' | ||
| Damin | *ngi | [ÅÌi] | 'tobacco' | ||
| Faroese[4][5] | onkur | [ËÉÅÌkÊ°Êɹ] | 'anybody' | Allophone of /n/ before an aspirated velar. See Faroese phonology | |
| Icelandic[6] | einkalÃf | â | 'private life' | Allophone of /n/ before an aspirated velar. See Icelandic phonology | |
| Pa Na[7] | [ma˧˩.ÅÌÅÌ˧˩˧] | 'leech' | |||
| Scottish Gaelic[8] | banca | [ËbÌ¥ÉÅÌkÉ] | 'bank' | Allophone of /n/ before an aspirated velar | |
| Washo[9] | dewÅétiÊ | [dewËÅÌetiÊ] | 'hillside sloping down' | ||
| Welsh[10] | fy nghot | [vÉ ÅÌÉt] | 'my coat' | Occurs as the nasal mutation of /k/. See Welsh phonology | |
| Xumi | Lower[11] | [ÅÌÉ˦mõ˦] | 'camel' | Occurs mostly in loanwords from Tibetan.[11] | |