WRITING
Here are some loan-words written with the nasalized dipthong e ac\
[aun].| epfc\ | pound (Eng) |
| egja.etac\; | George Town (Eng) |
| kerac\; | crown (Eng) |
| ehac\ekac\ | Hong Kong (Chinese) |
| ePac\ed;RHc\; | foundation (Eng) |
READING
You will read this word ekac\;ekac\; as [kàun kàun] when you are reading as it is written, but it is sometimes read or said [kàun gàun] and sometimes [kàun ngàun]. Notice that the consonant [k] that follows the nasalized dipthong changes to the nasalized consonant [ng]. Nasalization of the consonant following after a nasalized vowel usually occurs when a speaker says a word fast.