The ⟨n⟩ in the sequence ⟨nk⟩ is pronounced as a velar nasal /ŋ/, as in English. When not accompanied by ⟨k⟩, /ŋː/ is penned ⟨ng⟩.A outstanding illustration of the outcome from the normal language is the development in the consonant gradation kind /ts : ts/ as in metsä : metsän, as this pattern was initially (1940) identified