What’s going on with the pronunciation of words that end with んい?

I mean words like 範囲 or 単位. If you listen to native recordings (at least the website says they are natives) it sounds all over the place \[[link1](https://forvo.com/word/%E5%8D%98%E4%BD%8D/#ja), [link2](https://forvo.com/word/%E7%AF%84%E5%9B%B2/#ja)\]. Some say it as ‘hai’, others as a nasalized ‘g’, or something else that I can’t quite wrap my mind around.

My question would be, first, what is the most standard pronunciation of this sound (in the Tokyo dialect), and secondly, what’s the best kind of approximation that a non-native can use? For example, is it ok to pronounce 範囲 as ‘hani’ (like one pronounces に), or maybe ‘hai’? (which is how it sounds to me in some recordings). Thanks in advance.

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