ŋʷ vs ħ̃ʲ

Voiced Velar Nasal vs Voiceless Velar Nasal

How these sounds differ

ŋʷ

Voiced Velar Nasal

Voicing: voiced
Place: velar
Manner: nasal
Class: consonant
In languages: 20 / 500

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ħ̃ʲ

Voiceless Velar Nasal

Voicing: voiceless
Place: velar
Manner: nasal
Class: consonant
In languages: 0 / 500

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Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with ŋʷ

Languages with both

Languages with ħ̃ʲ

0 languages in our database contrast both sounds as distinct phonemes. Languages that have one but not the other tend to merge them into a single phoneme — meaning speakers of those languages often struggle to hear the distinction when learning a language that contrasts them.

Has ŋʷ, not ħ̃ʲ (20)

MUMUYE Atlantic-Congo KAM Tai-Kadai YUPIK Eskimo-Aleut ISOKO Atlantic-Congo KWAIO Austronesian Lakkia Tai-Kadai Nyangumata Pama-Nyungan Hopi Uto-Aztecan Guarani Tupian Awiya Afro-Asiatic Iraqw Afro-Asiatic Kpelle Mande Central Arrernte Pama-Nyungan KOHUMONO Atlantic-Congo BETE Kru KONYAGI Atlantic-Congo Igbo Atlantic-Congo Bamana Mande Kinyarwanda Atlantic-Congo Akan Atlantic-Congo