ħ̃ʲ vs ŋ

Voiceless Velar Nasal vs Voiced Velar Nasal

How these sounds differ

ħ̃ʲ

Voiceless Velar Nasal

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

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Voiced Velar Nasal

Voicing: voiced
Place: velar
Manner: nasal
Class: consonant
In languages: 291 / 500

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Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with ħ̃ʲ

Languages with both

291

Languages with ŋ

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 ŋ, not ħ̃ʲ (20)

Chamorro Austronesian Sa'ban Austronesian Toba-Batak Austronesian Atayal Austronesian Cham Austronesian Yay Tai-Kadai Lakkia Tai-Kadai Lahu Sino-Tibetan Karen Sino-Tibetan Garo Sino-Tibetan Dafla Sino-Tibetan Yao Hmong-Mien Hakka Chinese Sino-Tibetan SEDANG Austroasiatic Kharia Austroasiatic Bhumij Austroasiatic Kota Dravidian Burushaski Language isolate Ket Yeniseian Iai Austronesian