Datapoint Hindi / The Velar Nasal
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July 30th, 2021 at 7:13 am
Hindi does have the velar nasal, as far as I know. It’s written as ङ, is it not?
August 14th, 2021 at 9:23 pm
Yes, that is part of the Hindi alphabets which is never used in isolation. all velar nasals are allophonic and appear before the velars as a dot above the preceding consonant letter as in मांग, कंघा, नंगा, झांक etc.