English How to Pronounce NG Consonant American Accent
The NG consonant sound. To make this sound,
the back part of the tongue reaches up and
touches the soft palate, which remains down
in this sound, ng, ng. The front part of the
tongue is lightly touching behind the bottom
front teeth. The teeth are parted and the
lips as well, ng, ng, while the vocal cords
make sound, ng, ng. Here we see the NG sound
on the right compared with the mouth at rest.
You can see that the mouth is open and the
jaw is dropped. Here, parts of the mouth are
drawn in. The tip of the tongue is down behind
the bottom front teeth, while the back of
the tongue stretches up and touches the soft
palate, which is not raised in this sound.
It is in the relaxed position. This is one
of the few sounds in American English where
the soft palate is down and relaxed. This
allows air to pass up and over it, causing
the sound to feel somewhat in the nose. It
is a nasal consonant along with M and N. Sample
words: sing, think, running. Sample sentence:
Studying English and practicing speaking is
rewarding. Now you will see this sentence
up close and in slow motion, both straight
on and from an angle, so you can really study
how the mouth moves when making this sound.
Studying, teeth together for the ST sounds,
opening into the ‘uh’ as in ‘butter’, tongue
up for the D, studying, and the ING with the
NG sound. You see the front part of the tongue
here coming back down. English. Tongue through
the teeth for the L. SH mouth position. And
practicing, lips together for the P.
Tongue up for the T, c-t sound, practice,
very quick ING sound, practicing. Speaking,
lips together for the P. Again you see the
front part of the tongue coming down from
the NG position. Is, teeth come together for
the Z sound and the lips form the R sound.
Rewarding. W, tongue tip up for the D and
back down. And it’s the front part of the
tongue you see coming down from being raised
at the back in the NG position. And now from
an angle. Studying, teeth together for the
S-T sounds opening into the ‘uh’ as in ‘butter’.
Tongue tip up for the D. -ing, you see the front part
of the tongue coming back down from being
raised in the back, for the ING sound. English,
tongue through the teeth here to make the
L. The SH lip position. And practicing, lips
together for the P. Tongue in the ‘aa’ as
in ‘bat’ position. Up to make the T sound.
Together for the S, and here again the tongue
is in the ING position quickly. Speaking,
lips together for the P, ING
position. Is, teeth together for the Z sound.
Rewarding, lips forming the R consonant sound,
and now the W consonant sound. Tongue tip
up to make the D. And now you see the NG position
as it is raised in the back, tip coming down
in the front. That’s it, and thanks so much
for using Rachel’s English.