ᨦ
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Translingual
[edit]Letter
[edit]ᨦ (ṅa)
- The 13th letter and fifth consonant of the Tai Tham Pali alphabet. It represents the velar nasal consonant /ŋ/.
- Pali ᨾᨲ᩠ᨳᩃᩩᨦ᩠ᨣ (matthaluṅga, “brain”)
- Northern Thai ᨦᩪ (ngu, “snake”)
- Lü ᨦᩪ (nguu, “snake”)
- Lü ᩈᩥ᩠ᨷᩈᩬᨦᨻᩢ᩠ᨶᨶᩣ (ṡiibṡoangpannaa, “Xishuangbanna”)
Usage notes
[edit]As the first element of a consonant cluster not at the start of a word, this letter commonly takes the superscript form ᩘ (“mai kang lai”). The different superscript form used for a syllable-final consonant in the vernaculars is encoded as the combining mark ᩙ.