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U+0D28, ന
MALAYALAM LETTER NA

[U+0D27]
Malayalam
[U+0D29]

Malayalam

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /n̪ɐ/ or /nɐ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /n̪/ or /n/
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Letter

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(na)

  1. The 34th letter of Malayalam alphabet, called (na). Historically there was another character to represent just the apical alveolar nasal ( (ṉa)) and ന just for the dental one, nowadays it has become obsolete and ന represents both of them. Transliterated as n.

Usage notes

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Word initially it could be pronounced as either /n̪/ or /n/ eg നീ /n̪iː/ "you" and ന്യൂനം /njuːnɐm/ "deficiency", medially could be pronounced as either /n/ eg ആന or /n̪/ eg നാനൂറ്; when geminated ന്ന it could be either /n̪ː/ or /nː/, it doesnt occur finally. word final /n/ is represented as ; /n̪/ doesnt occur finally.

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