Re: Orenji - heard on the subway

muchan wrote:
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For 簡易 I don't say/hear any /g/ sound. for かぎ, I say/hear
"a variation of" /g/ sound. I think "nasal g" shouldn't be wrote as /N/.

Some linguists--it might even be a consensus among Japanese
phoneticians--say that ん has a uvular nasal allophone. That's
something I never considered worth the effort to learn to make.

I pronounce 簡易 with only one consonant, and I've not been
misunderstood because of it. I suspect native Japanese generally do the
same, except perhaps in the most incredibly careful speech.

Bart
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