I've seen that seen that the g can be pronounced as ŋ. But I have no idea how
to replicate that, all I've seen is the it sounds like the ending of sing, but
I still don't really know, so my questions is, is it important to learn this?
Or can I just say g when saying something like 長い.
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pronunciation
Does it matter if I say g as [g] or [ŋ]
I don't know how much you can understand Japanese, but here's a
[video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItKlnGGSX7E)(in Japanese) by a
Japanese linguist that discusses the exact question: the different
pronunciations in Japanese, and the difference between "g" or "ŋ" using the
example word 老害. He also discusses other stuff related to the Japanese
phonology such as how the sounds shifted over time.

In short, if you don't want to watch the video, or can't yet understand well,
basically what he said was that **it doesn't matter** if you say "g" or "ŋ",
it's merely a difference of dialect and whichever one is correct. How one
chooses to pronounce a word is simply affected by his/her family and
surroundings.

A screenshot:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5S6mQ.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5S6mQ.jpg)
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