Velar nasal

ŋ
Pulmonic Consonant
IPA:	ŋ
X-SAMPA:	N
Kirshenbaum:	N
Place of Articulation:	Velar
Manner of Articulation:	Nasal Stop
Phonological features:	[+consonantal] [+sonorant] [+contin-acous] [+nasal] [+DORSAL]   [+high]

The velar nasal is a fairly common sound cross-linguistically. It is often an allophone of n before a velar sound.

Velar nasals in natlangs

English

Voiced	ng	sing /sɪŋ/
	n(k,g)	sank /sænk/ [sæŋk]

Ancient Greek

Voiced

γ(γ,κ,ν,μ)

ἄγγελος [áŋɡelos]

Latin

Voiced

g(n)

magnus /magnus/ [maŋnʊs]

Velar nasals in conlangs

Atlantic

Voiced

(ŋ)

viŋe [vìŋə]