N

the fourteenth letter of English alphabet is a vocal consonent and in allusion to its mode of formation is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent Its commoner sound is that heard in ran done but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k as in single sink conquer it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing bring etc This is a simple but related sound and is called the gutturo nasal consonent See Guide to Pronunciation sectsect 243 246