ŋ

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See also: Ŋ, ŋ́, ŋ̌, and ŋ̀

ŋ U+014B, ŋ
LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG
Ŋ
[U+014A]
Latin Extended-A Ō
[U+014C]
U+1D51, ᵑ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL ENG

[U+1D50]
Phonetic Extensions
[U+1D52]

Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Originally a ligature of ng in mediaeval Icelandic.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Letter[edit]

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

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  1. The letter eng.

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Symbol[edit]

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ŋ

  1. (IPA) voiced velar nasal

Usage notes[edit]

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

Fula[edit]

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ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)

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

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Inari Sami[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

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

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Lakota[edit]

Letter[edit]

ŋ (uppercase ŋ)

  1. indicates nasalization of the previous vowel.

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Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ŋ

  1. Rare spelling of ng.

Usage notes[edit]

  • 漢語拼音方案汉语拼音方案 (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn Fāng'àn, “Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet”) specifies that , 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[edit]

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ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

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

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Skolt Sami[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

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

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