Marathi Letter NGA for Kids — मराठी अक्षर ङ
कवर्गमधील 5वे अक्षर — letter 5 of the Ka-varga (velar) group · Tier 1
🔡 अक्षर ओळख — Letter identity
- प्रकार — Type
- व्यंजन (Consonant)कवर्ग · position 5 of 5
- उच्चारस्थान — Place
- कंठ्यVelar — back of the tongue touches the soft palate
- प्राण — Breath
- अल्पप्राणUnaspirated — no puff of air
- घोष — Voicing
- अनुनासिकNasal — air flows out through the nose
🔊 उच्चार — Pronunciation
- IPA symbol
- /ŋ/The velar nasal — the same sound English writes as “ng”.
- English equivalent
- “ng” in sing, ring, songHold the end of “sing” — that held sound is ङ.
- उच्चारस्थान
- कंठ्यVelar — same place as क ख ग घ
- अनुनासिक
- NasalPinch your nose and the sound stops — that is how you know it is nasal.
Try it together: say सिंग … रंग … अंग. The humming sound just before ग is ङ. Your child already makes this sound every day.
The vowel is built in: ङ on its own is read “nga” — the vowel अ is included, exactly as with क.
⭐ हे अक्षर खास आहे — This letter is special
No Marathi word begins with ङ. Not one. This is not a gap in the lesson — it is a fact about the language, and it is the reason ङ is taught differently from the other four letters of कवर्ग.
ङ appears only inside words, always just before क, ख, ग or घ. Sanskrit wrote it out in full — अङ्क, रङ्ग — but modern Marathi writes the same sound with the अनुस्वार (ं) instead: अंक, रंग.
So what should my child learn? Recognise the letter, know its sound, and understand that the little dot ं before क-वर्ग is this sound. That is the whole job of this page.
🔡 बाराखडी — ङ with all 12 vowels
Every consonant can combine with the 12 स्वर. This is the बाराखडी of ङ, shown so the pattern is complete — but note that these syllables are almost never used in real Marathi writing. Read it once for the pattern; do not drill it the way you drill क or ग.
| अक्षर | Roman | स्वर | मात्रा |
|---|---|---|---|
| ङ | nga | अ | — |
| ङा | ngaa | आ | ा |
| ङि | ngi | इ | ि |
| ङी | ngee | ई | ी |
| ङु | ngu | उ | ु |
| ङू | ngoo | ऊ | ू |
| ङे | nge | ए | े |
| ङै | ngai | ऐ | ै |
| ङो | ngo | ओ | ो |
| ङौ | ngau | औ | ौ |
| ङं | ngam | अं | ं |
| ङः | ngah | अः | ः |
📊 कवर्ग — the five velar letters
All five are made at the same place in the mouth. ङ is the nasal member of the group — the only one where air escapes through the nose.
| अक्षर | Roman | प्राण | घोष |
|---|---|---|---|
| क | ka | अल्पप्राण | कठोर |
| ख | kha | महाप्राण | कठोर |
| ग | ga | अल्पप्राण | मृदू |
| घ | gha | महाप्राण | मृदू |
| ङ | nga | अल्पप्राण | अनुनासिक |
📖 शब्द — 12 words with the ङ sound
These words do not start with ङ — no word does. The purple part shows where the ङ sound hides, written as अनुस्वार. Say each word aloud and listen for the hum.
📝 वाक्ये — 5 sentences
Words in purple carry the ङ sound.
अंक मोजायला शिकूया.
Let us learn to count numbers.💡 अं + क — the ं before क is the ङ sound
आकाशाचा रंग निळा आहे.
The sky’s colour is blue.💡 रं + ग — again ं before ग = ङ
गंगा ही मोठी नदी आहे.
The Ganga is a big river.💡 Two ङ sounds hide in गंगा
जंगलात वाघ राहतो.
The tiger lives in the forest.💡 जंगलात = in the forest
आम्ही रांगेत उभे आहोत.
We are standing in a queue.💡 रांगेत = in the queue
✍️ लेखन सराव — Writing practice
Trace the faded letters, then write ङ on your own.
← गडद ते फिकट trace करा, मग स्वतः लिहा
🖊️ डिजिटल सराव — Trace with your finger
👆 बोट किंवा माउसने ङ लिहा
🎯 खेळूया — 3 activities
🔤 ङ चा आवाज कोणत्या शब्दात आहे?
ऐका आणि योग्य शब्द निवडा!
📖 शब्दाचा अर्थ ओळखा
मराठी शब्द वाचा — बरोबर अर्थ निवडा!
🎯 जोडी लावा
चित्रावर टॅप करा, मग मराठी शब्द निवडा
शाब्बास! ङ शिकलात!
कवर्ग पूर्ण झाला — सगळी ५ अक्षरे झाली! 🎉
👨👩👧 आई-बाबांसाठी — Parent tips
- Do not drill this one: ङ never starts a word, so there is nothing to sound out. Recognition is enough.
- The useful lesson: whenever your child sees ं before क ख ग घ — as in अंक, रंग, पंख — that dot is this sound. Point it out while reading.
- Pinch test: hold the nose and say “रंग”. The hum disappears. That is how a child feels what “nasal” means.
- कवर्ग is now complete: क ख ग घ ङ. Next group: चवर्ग, starting with च.
❓ नेहमीचे प्रश्न — FAQ
ङ पासून सुरू होणारे मराठी शब्द कोणते?
मग ङ शिकायचे कशाला?
अङ्क आणि अंक यात काय फरक आहे?
ङ चा आवाज कसा ओळखावा?
Marathi Letter NGA for Kids — about this lesson
या पाठात मराठी व्यंजन ङ शिकतो — उच्चारस्थान कंठ्य, अनुनासिक, संपूर्ण बाराखडी, ङ चा आवाज असलेले 12 शब्द (अंक, रंग, गंगा, रांग, मंगळ …), 5 वाक्ये व्याकरण टिपांसह, writing practice आणि 3 activities. ङ पासून सुरू होणारा मराठी शब्द नाही — हे अक्षर शब्दाच्या मध्ये अनुस्वाराच्या रूपात येते. वय ४+.
A complete Marathi letter NGA (ङ) lesson for young children. ङ is the nasal member of the Ka-varga and the only one of the five that never begins a word in modern Marathi — the same sound is written with anusvara instead, as in अंक and रंग. This lesson covers the letter’s identity, its /ŋ/ pronunciation, the full barakhadi shown for pattern completeness, twelve words where the sound actually occurs, five sentences, writing practice, finger tracing and three activities. Letter 5 of 5, completing the Ka-varga.