Editing Assamese language (section)

===Velar nasal===
Assamese, [[Odia language|Odia]], and [[Bengali language|Bengali]], in contrast to other [[Indo-Aryan languages]], use the [[velar nasal]] (the [[English language|English]] ''ng'' in ''sing'') extensively. While in many languages, the velar nasal is commonly restricted to preceding [[Velar consonant|velar]] sounds, in Assamese it can occur intervocalically.<ref name="iitg"/> This is another feature it shares with other languages of [[Northeast India]], though in Assamese the velar nasal never occurs word-initially.{{Sfn|Moral|1997|p=46}}