The difference (in pronunciation) between 'finger' and 'singer'

[tzfujimino]

Hello, everyone!:-D

singer sɪŋə(r)
finger fɪŋgə(r)

The words that end with '-nger' are really confusing to me.
'singer' is the only word that I know which has 'ŋə(r)' sound. (because of my poor knowledge...)
Could you give me some other words with 'ŋə(r)' ?
Thank you in advance!:-D

P.S. I should have posted this in the Phonetics section. (I thought I did..., I don't know what happened...)
I'm sorry...Please move this to the relevant section.

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

Re: The difference (in pronunciation) between 'singer' and 'finger'

Hello, everyone!:-D


'singer' is the only word that I know which has 'ŋə(r)' sound. (because of my poor knowledge...)
Could you give me some other words with 'ŋə(r)' ?

NOT A TEACHER

I had to think about it for a while, but a word that came to mind after some thought was "ringer".

Edit: another word: "zinger".

 

[nyota]

Re: The difference (in pronunciation) between 'singer' and 'finger'

Hello, everyone!:-D

singer sɪŋə(r)
finger fɪŋgə(r)

The words that end with '-nger' are really confusing to me.
'singer' is the only word that I know which has 'ŋə(r)' sound. (because of my poor knowledge...)
Could you give me some other words with 'ŋə(r)' ?
Thank you in advance!:-D

P.S. I should have posted this in the Phonetics section. (I thought I did..., I don't know what happened...)
I'm sorry...Please move this to the relevant section.

I'll just add that when n is followed by k or g it's pronounced

ŋ. ​

Also across word boundary.

in camera
bank
singing

 

[5jj]

'singer' is the only word that I know which has 'ŋə(r)' sound. (because of my poor knowledge...)
Could you give me some other words with 'ŋə(r)' ?

banger, clanger, hangar, hanger

I should have posted this in the Phonetics section. (I thought I did..., I don't know what happened...)
I'm sorry...Please move this to the relevant section.

Don't worry; accidents happen. I've moved it.

 

[raindoctor]

That is due to ng-coalescence.

sing, sing+er, sing+ing
hang, hang+er
bang, bang+ing
spring, spring+y
dung, dung+y
wing, wing+y

In words like finger, linger, bangle, there is no morphological boundary (+) between ng and er/le.

In some other words, despite the presence of morphological boundary, you hear g; cf. longer, stronger, younger, longest, strongest, youngest.

Then, you also have contemporary dialectal differences within English accents. Check Our changing pronunciation