Sin or Sing? An N/NG Ear Test

sin

/sɪn/

vs

sing

/sɪŋ/

Especially for Japanese speakers

Japanese has a single nasal sound at the end of a syllable that shifts automatically between an n-like and an ng-like pronunciation depending on what follows — so Japanese speakers never had to learn n and ng as two separate categories the way English requires.

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8 rounds · about 90 seconds

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