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In this lesson, we are going to learn all about the pronunciation of /g/ using the proper articulatory organs.
What Type of Sound Is /g/?
/g/ is a consonant in the English language.
How to Produce /g/?
As you can see in picture (b), the back part of the tongue is raised to the point where it makes contact with the soft palate. So, the air can neither move through the nose nor the mouth. Then, when the tongue is lowered, the air is suddenly released from the mouth. As you can see here, the circle of the vocal cords is red which signifies that we must vibrate our vocal cords when producing the /g/ sound. So, it is voiced.
In picture (a), the lips are parted and the teeth are close, but not touching.
In picture (c), you can easily understand where exactly the soft palate is so as to put the back of the tongue there.
Warning!
Note that sometimes, the letter G represents the /dʒ/ sound. Compare the examples below:
gem /dʒɛm/
gap /ɡap/
/g/ Sound in the Most Common World Languages
Below you can find the table of the /g/ sound in the most common languages across the globe. Look:
Existence | Example | |
|---|---|---|
Mandarin* | ✔ | 哥哥 (gēgē) |
Spanish | ✔ | gato |
Hindi | ✔ | गाना |
Bengali | ✔ | গান |
Portuguese | ✔ | língua |
Russian | ✔ | голова |
Japanese | ✔ | 外套 (gaitō) |
Vietnamese | x | - |
Turkish | ✔ | salgın |
French | ✔ | gain |
German | ✔ | Lüge |
Italian | ✔ | gare |
Persian | ✔ | گوشت |
Standard Arabic | x | - |
Korean | ✔ | 메기 |
Indonesian | ✔ | galah |
Filipino | ✔ | gulo |
Hungarian | ✔ | engedély |
Dutch | ✔ | goal |
Polish | ✔ | gmin |
Romanian | ✔ | gând |
Swedish | ✔ | god |
Czech | ✔ | gram |
Greek | ✔ | γκάρισμα |
Ukrainian | ✔ | ґанок |
Urdu | ✔ | گانا |
* The sound exists in the language, but the pronunciation may differ.
Listening
Below, there is an audio file that helps you learn the proper pronunciation of the /g/ sound:
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