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Malayalam
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /n̪ɐ/ or /nɐ/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /n̪/ or /n/
Letter
ന • (na)
- The 34th letter of Malayalam alphabet, called ന (na). Historically there was another character to represent just the apical alveolar nasal (ഩ (ṉa)) and ന just for the dental one, nowadays it has become obsolete and ന represents both of them. Transliterated as n.
Usage notes
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 ൻ; /n̪/ doesnt occur finally.
See also
- (Malayalam script letters) അ, ആ, ഇ, ഈ, ഉ, ഊ, ഋ, എ, ഏ, ഐ, ഒ, ഓ, ഔ, അം, അഃ, ക, ഖ, ഗ, ഘ, ങ, ച, ഛ, ജ, ഝ, ഞ, ട, ഠ, ഡ, ഢ, ണ, ത, ഥ, ദ, ധ, ന, പ, ഫ, ബ, ഭ, മ, യ, ര, ല, വ, ശ, ഷ, സ, ഹ, ള, ഴ, റ, ൺ, ൻ, ർ, ൽ, ൾ (Category: Malayalam letters)
- ന്ന (nna)
