Voiceless velar nasal

Voiceless velar nasal
ŋ̊

The 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 ⟨ŋ̊⟩, 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 ⟨ŋ̥⟩). The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is N_0.

1 Features
2 Occurrence
3 See also
4 References
5 Bibliography

Features

Features of the voiceless velar nasal:

Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Since 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 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 allowed to escape through the nose, either exclusively (nasal stops) or in addition to through the mouth.
Because the sound is not produced with airflow over the tongue, the central–lateral dichotomy does not apply.
The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.

Occurrence

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Burmese^[1]	ငှါး	[ŋ̊á]	'borrow'
Central Alaskan Yup'ik^[2]	calisteńguciquq	[tʃaˈlistəˈŋ̊utʃɪquq]	'he will be a worker'
Faroese^[3]	onkur	[ˈɔŋ̊kʊɹ]	'anybody'	Allophone of /n/ before an aspirated velar
Welsh^[4]	fy nghot	[və ŋ̊ɔt]	'my coat'	See Welsh phonology

Bibliography

Jacobson, Steven (1995), A Practical Grammar of the Central Alaskan Yup'ik Eskimo Language, Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center,

Jones, Glyn E. (1984), "The distinctive vowels and consonants of Welsh", in Martin J. Ball and Glyn E. Jones, Welsh Phonology: Selected Readings, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 40–64,

Þráinsson, Höskuldur; Petersen, Hjalmar P.; Jacobsen, Jógvan í Lon; Hansen, Zakaris Svabo (2012), Faroese – An Overview and Reference Grammar, Tórshavn: Føroya fróðskaparfelag

International Phonetic Alphabet

IPA topics

IPA	International Phonetic Association History of the IPA Extensions to the IPA Kiel convention (1989) Journal of the IPA (JIPA) Naming conventions

Phonetics	Diacritics Segments Tone letter Place of articulation Manner of articulation

Special topics	Case variants of IPA letters Handwritten IPA Obsolete and nonstandard symbols IPA chart for English dialects

Encodings	SAMPA X-SAMPA Kirshenbaum TIPA Phonetic symbols in Unicode WorldBet IPA Braille

Consonants

IPA pulmonic consonantschart image • audio

Non-sibilant fricative

Non-pulmonic consonants
Clicks	ʘ	ǀ		ǃ		ǂ		ǁ
Clicks	ʘ̃	ʘ̃ˀ		ʘ͡q		ʘ͡qʼ		‼
Implosives	ɓ̥	ɓ	ɗ̥	ɗ	ᶑ	ʄ̊	ʄ	ɠ	ʛ
Ejectives	pʼ	t̪ʼ	tʼ	ʈʼ	cʼ	kʼ	qʼ	fʼ	θʼ
	sʼ	ɬʼ	ʃʼ	ʂʼ	ɕʼ	xʼ	χʼ	tsʼ	tɬʼ
	cʎ̝̥ʼ	tʃʼ	ʈʂʼ	kxʼ	kʟ̝̊ʼ	qχʼ

Affricates
p̪f	b̪v	ts	dz	t̪s̪	d̪z̪	tθ	dð	tʃ	dʒ
tɕ	dʑ	ʈʂ	ɖʐ	tɬ	dɮ	cç	ɟʝ	cʎ̝̥
kx		kʟ̝̊	ɡʟ̝	qχ

Co-articulated consonants
Continuants	ʍ	w	ɥ	ɧ
Occlusives	k͡p	ɡ͡b	ŋ͡m

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— Where symbols appear in pairs, left–right represent the voiceless–voiced consonants.

— Shaded areas denote pulmonic articulations judged to be impossible.

— Symbols marked with an asterisk (*) are not defined in the IPA.

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Voiceless velar nasal