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The ng Sound (/ŋ/ Phoneme)



This section is about the ng sound, (/ŋ/ Phoneme), as in the words:

  • think

  • thing

  • walking

How the ng sound is spelled

The ŋ sound is most frequently spelled ‘n-g,’ but sometimes is spelled with just and ’n’ when it is in the middle of a word like:

  • thank

Examples of the /ŋ/ Phoneme

Words never begin with the /ŋ/ Phoneme.

Here are some words that end with it.

  • bring

  • young

  • long

  • morning

The most common use of the /ŋ/ phoneme is the ‘i-n-g’ suffix.

  • building

  • feeling

  • working

  • interesting

Words with an /ŋ/ in the middle are uncommon but here are a few.

  • thankful

  • finger

  • stronger

  • thinking


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