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ŋ U+014B, ŋ
LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG
Ŋ
Latin Extended-A Ō
A turned capital 'G' has been used as a substitute for ⟨ŋ⟩ when proper type is not available.

Translingual

Etymology

Originally a ligature of ng in mediaeval Icelandic.

Pronunciation

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Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

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  1. The letter eng.

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ŋ

  1. (IPA) a voiced velar nasal.
  2. (superscript ⟨ᵑ⟩, IPA) -prenasalization, -release or post-nasalization, -coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic .
    (on a click consonant) A nasal velar as opposed to nasal uvular click; specifically:
    velar dental click ⟨ᵑǀ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᵑʇ⟩),
    velar alveolar click ⟨ᵑǃ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᵑʗ⟩),
    velar palatal click ⟨ᵑǂ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᵑ𝼋⟩),
    velar lateral click ⟨ᵑǁ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᵑʖ⟩),
    velar bilabial click ⟨ᵑʘ⟩,
    velar retroflex click ⟨ᵑ𝼊⟩ or ad hoc ⟨ᵑ‼⟩ (old-style ⟨ᵑψ⟩).
    Placement after the click letter – e.g. ⟨ǂᵑ⟩ – may imply an audible velar release.
    See also ⟨ᶰ⟩, ⟨ᶢ⟩, ⟨ᵏ⟩.

Avokaya

Pronunciation

Letter

ŋ (uppercase Ŋ)

  1. A letter of the Avokaya alphabet.

Dagbani

Pronunciation

Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

  1. A letter of the Dagbani alphabet.

Ewe

Pronunciation

Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

  1. A letter of the Ewe alphabet.

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Fula

Pronunciation

Letter

ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)

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

Usage notes

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Inari Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

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

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Inupiaq

Pronunciation

Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

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

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Lakota

Letter

ŋ (uppercase ŋ)

  1. indicates nasalization of the previous vowel.

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Mandarin

Romanization

ŋ

  1. Rare spelling of ng.

Usage notes

  • 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.

Nootka

Pronunciation

Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

  1. A letter of the Nuu-chah-nulth alphabet.

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

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

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Nuer

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ŋ/

Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

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

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

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

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Tuareg

Pronunciation

  1. IPA(key): /ŋ/

Letter

ŋ (upper case Ŋ)

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