❗ Draft — publishes alongside the S10 video. Route: /en/ga-n-secrets
📋 This article in context
- Series: Phonetics triangle (part 2)
- Part 1: S9 The 3 Lies of the Gojuon
- This part: Phonetics of the Ga-row and 「ん」 (S10)
📝 Draft structure (3 points + bonus)
Full text to be written from 010_Ga_N_Secrets/Series10_Production_Blueprint.md § 8 (in Nihongo_Lab_Automation repo).
Central metaphor: chameleon consonants
The Ga-row and 「ん」 silently shift their form to match neighboring sounds — coarticulatory assimilation.
Point 1: Ga-row [g] vs [ŋ]
Point 2: The 4 variations of 「ん」
Point 3: The engine of assimilation
Bonus: Dialectal variation (bidakuon)
📌 Implementation notes
- Length: similar to S9 (1,800–2,500 words)
- Template:
templates/article_template_notion_v2.md(Learners) - TOC:
<table_of_contents/>at the top - Reading guide (IPA): same callout as S9
- Cross-link: to S9 gojuon-lies
- Preply CTA: UTM
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📎 References
- Nihongo_Lab_Automation:
010_Ga_N_Secrets/Series10_Production_Blueprint.md§ 8 - Previous series: S9 The 3 Lies of the Gojuon