Consonant Sound / ŋ / (NG) as in "thing"- American English Pronunciation

Learn how to pronounce consonant sound /ŋ/ used in words like "going," "long," or "bring."
Improve your American accent with four phonetic exercises recorded by a professional speech therapist.
Links:
• How to recognize the / ŋ / in words : 01:00
• The consonant sound / ŋ / cheat sheet: 02: 25
• How to make the consonant sound / ŋ /: 02: 43
• Typical mistakes in pronunciation of the / ŋ /: 03:38
• Pronunciation exercise 1: 05:48
• Pronunciation exercise 2: 07:49
• Pronunciation exercise 3: 09:03
• Pronunciation exercise 4: 10:16

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TRANSCRIPT

Hello there! This is the "Sounds American" channel.
In this video, we're going to talk about the American consonant sound /ŋ/, as in the word "thing." You can also hear this sound in words like "sing," "long," "bank" or "uncle."
We'll be using a special phonetic symbol - /ŋ/ - for this sound.

Many non-native English speakers don't realize they have difficulty with the /ŋ/ sound. However, this sound is often distorted, which noticeably affects their American pronunciation.
The good news is that once you know how the /ŋ/ sound is spelled and how to pronounce it correctly, you will sound more like an American.
Let's start with learning how to recognize the /ŋ/ in written words.
1.The /ŋ/ is most commonly represented by the combination of letters '-ng' at the end of words.
So, when you see a word that ends with the 'ng' combination, you should always pronounce the sound /ŋ/. For example: "going," "long," "king."
As you may have already noticed, the final 'g' is not pronounced, as it belongs to the /ŋ/ sound.
2. Sometimes you may find the combination 'ng' in the middle of a word. For example: "English," "finger," "jungle."
Now take a look:
In these words the letter 'n' is still pronounced as /ŋ/, but you should also pronounce the letter 'g' as it's part of the next syllable.
3. And finally, there's one last case. Listen to these words: "think," "thank" or "zinc."
The letter 'n' is pronounced as /ŋ/ as it occurs before the letter 'k' or the letter 'c.'
If it still feels complicated, here's a quick summary:
• If you see a word that ends with 'ng,' you have the /ŋ/ sound
• If you see the letter 'n' before the letters 'g,' 'k' or 'c,' pronounce the 'n' as /ŋ/.
And now, let's find out how to make the /ŋ/ sound.

To make the /ŋ/ sound correctly, it's important to pass the air through your nose.
Let's take a closer look at how to do that:
Pull the back of your tongue toward your throat.
Next: stop the air in your mouth with the back of your tongue and direct into your nose.
If you make this sound correctly, you should be able to stretch out this sound, like this: /ŋ-ŋ-ŋ-ŋ-ŋ/
Now, let's try saying it: /ŋ/, /ŋ/, /ŋ/

Here are a few typical mistakes people make when pronouncing the /ŋ/ sound:
1. The most common mistake is when people pronounce the /ŋ/ as the /n/ and /g/ sounds.
As a result, the /ŋ/ is distorted and sounds like /ng/. Remember, even though the /ŋ/ is represented by the two letters 'ng', it's still a single sound. The letter 'g' is never pronounced in the 'ng' combination at the end of words. Listen: "sing" /siŋ/ but not "sing" /sing/ or /siŋg/
2. This is similar to the previous problem when the /ŋ/ is pronounced as two sounds.
Some people don't pronounce the final 'g' when making the /ŋ/, and that's great, except for the fact that they pronounce the voiceless sound /k/ instead. As a result, the /ŋ/ sounds more like /nk/.
This way the word "sing" will sound more like "sink." Which, by the way, is a totally different word.
Compare: "sing" - "sink."
3. Finally, some people distort the /ŋ/ by placing the tip of the tongue to the alveolar ridge or against the back of their upper front teeth. As a result, the /ŋ/ sounds more like the /n/ sound.

[Pronunciation exercise 1]
• being
• bring
• doing
• dying
• going
• king
• lying
• ring
• sing
• sling
• sting
• swing
• thing
• wing
• wring
[Pronunciation exercise 2]
• along
• among
• bang
• belong
• gang
• hang
• hung
• long
• slang
• song
• strong
• sung
• swung
• wrong
• young
[Pronunciation exercise 3]
• bank
• crank
• donkey
• drank
• drink
• drunk
• ink
• junk
• length
• monkey
• pink
• thank
• think
• uncle
• zinc
[Pronunciation exercise 4]
• anger
• angle
• angry
• bungle
• congress
• English
• finger
• hunger
• hungry
• jungle
• language
• mingle
• shingle
• single
• triangle
You're done!

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