ɴ

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ɴ U+0274, ɴ
LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL N
← ɳ
 		IPA Extensions ɵ →
ᶰ U+1DB0, ᶰ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CAPITAL N
← ᶯ
 		Phonetic Extensions Supplement ᶱ →

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ɴ

  1. (IPA) uvular nasal
  2. (superscript ⟨ᶰ⟩, IPA) -prenasalization, -release or post-nasalization, -coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic .
    (on a click consonant) A nasal uvular click; specifically:
    velar dental click ⟨ᶰǀ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶰʇ⟩),
    velar alveolar click ⟨ᶰǃ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶰʗ⟩),
    velar palatal click ⟨ᶰǂ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶰ𝼋⟩),
    velar lateral click ⟨ᶰǁ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶰʖ⟩),
    velar bilabial click ⟨ᶰʘ⟩,
    velar retroflex click ⟨ᶰ𝼊⟩ or ad hoc ⟨ᶰ‼⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶰψ⟩).
    Placement after the click letter – e.g. ⟨ǂᶰ⟩ – may imply an audible uvular release.
    See also ⟨ᵑ⟩, ⟨𐞒⟩, ⟨𐞥⟩.
  3. (UPA) devoiced alveolar nasal (IPA: )
  4. (obsolete, pre-1900 IPA) Used to represent either a palatal nasal [ɲ] or a velar nasal [ŋ], depending on the language.

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ɴ

  1. (lexicography) Indicates nasal vowels in unassimilated French loans, e.g. \văɴ blâɴ\ for vin blanc.
  2. (lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ɴɢ⟩ for the /ŋ/ sound.
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