The ⟨n⟩ from the sequence ⟨nk⟩ is pronounced for a velar nasal /ŋ/, as in English. When not followed by ⟨k⟩, /ŋː/ is composed ⟨ng⟩.A distinguished illustration of the influence of your standard language is the development in the consonant gradation kind /ts : ts/ as in metsä : metsän, as this pattern was initially (1940) obse