ŋ

See also: Ŋ, ŋ́, ŋ̌, and ŋ̀

ŋ U+014B, ŋ LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG ← Ŋ [U+014A] Latin Extended-A Ō → [U+014C]

ᵑ U+1D51, ᵑ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL ENG ← ᵐ [U+1D50] Phonetic Extensions ᵒ → [U+1D52]

Translingual

Etymology

Originally a ligature of n_g in mediaeval Icelandic.

Pronunciation

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Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

1. The letter eng.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter G):  Ǵǵ  Ğğ  Ĝĝ  Ǧǧ  Ġġ  Ģģ  Ḡḡ  Ǥǥ  Ɠɠ  ᶃ  ɢ  Ｇｇ  Ŋŋ
• (Variations of letter N):  Ńń  Ǹǹ  Ňň  Ññ  Ṅṅ  Ņņ  Ṇṇ  Ṋṋ  Ṉṉ  N̈n̈  Ɲɲ  Ƞƞ  ᵰ  ᶇ  ɳ  ȵ  ɴ  Ｎｎ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  NJNjnj
• (Letter combinations):  Ꜳꜳ  Ææ  ᴁᴭ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜵꜵ  Åå  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ  Ꜽꜽ  ct  ȸ  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  ᴂᵆ  ᴔ  &  ff  fi  ffi  fl  ffl  ℔  IJij  LJLjlj  Ỻỻ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  Œœ  ɶ  Ꝏꝏ  Ȣȣᴕ  ȹ  ẞß  ſtst  ᵫ  Ůů  Ww  Ꝡꝡ

Symbol

ŋ

1. (IPA) voiced velar nasal

Usage notes

The superscript is used among other things for nasal velar click consonants: dental [ᵑǀ], alveolar [ᵑǃ], palatal [ᵑǂ], lateral [ᵑǁ], and labial [ᵑʘ].

Fula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋ/

Letter

ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

See also

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

Inari Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ŋ/

Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Inari Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ä ä, Á á

Lakota

Letter

ŋ (uppercase ŋ)

1. indicates nasalization of the previous vowel.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á), Aŋ aŋ (Áŋ áŋ), B b, Č č, Čh čh, Č’ č’, E e (É é), G g, Ǧ ǧ, H h, Ȟ ȟ, I i (Í í), Iŋ iŋ (Íŋ íŋ), K k, Kh kh, Kȟ kȟ, K’ k’, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Ph ph, Pȟ pȟ, P’ p’, S s, Š š, T t, Th th, Tȟ tȟ, T’ t’, U u (Ú ú), Uŋ uŋ (Úŋ úŋ), W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, ’

Mandarin

Romanization

ŋ

1. Rare spelling of ng.

Usage notes

• 漢語拼音方案／汉语拼音方案 (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn Fāng'àn, “Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet”) specifies that ⟨ẑ⟩, ⟨ĉ⟩, ⟨ŝ⟩ and ⟨ŋ⟩ may be used as abbreviations for ⟨zh⟩, ⟨ch⟩, ⟨sh⟩ and ⟨ng⟩ respectively, though these are rarely used in practice.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ŋ/

Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Northern Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, Ŧ ŧ, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ŋ/

Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ