the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the
dentinasal or
linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in
ran,
done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of
g hard or
k (as in
single,
sink,
conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph
ng in
sing,
bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the
gutturo-nasal consonent. See
Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 243-246.
See: Guide to Pronunciation