Consonants /Ɵ/ versus /ŋ/, 10 pairs
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The /Ɵ/ sound is spelled with <th>. The /ŋ/ sound is spelled with <ng>.

This is a contrast between a voiceless dental and alveolar fricative and a voiced velar nasal continuant and can only occur finally. It is not a problem, although the sound /Ɵ/ is difficult for many learners.


 	
doth dung
Goth gong
hath hang 
Kenneth kenning
kith king 
pith ping 
withe wing 
wrath wrong
  wrathful wrongful
  wrathfully wrongfully

John Higgins, Shaftesbury, November 2010
updated Chiang Mai, 2025