En with descender
| En with descender | |
|---|---|
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Sound values | [ŋ], [ŋ~ɴ], [ŋ~ŋɡ~ŋk] |
En with descender (Ң ң; italics: Ң ң) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter En (Н н) by adding a descender to the right leg.
It is used in several mostly Turkic languages to represent the voiced velar nasal /ŋ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨ng⟩ in "sing". In some cases, it also represents allophones of /ŋ/, most commonly the voiced uvular nasal /ɴ/.
The Cyrillic letter En with descender is romanized as ⟨ng⟩ or ⟨ñ⟩.
Usage
The Cyrillic letter En with descender is used in the alphabets of the following languages:
| Language | Name of letter | Sound |
|---|---|---|
| Bashkir | эң (eñ) | [ŋ~ɴ] |
| Dungan | ың (eng) | [ŋ] |
| Kalmyk | аң (añ) | [ŋ~ŋg~ŋk] |
| Karakalpak | эң (en') | [ŋ~ɴ] |
| Kazakh | эң (éñ) | [ŋ~ɴ] |
| Khakas | эң/ың | [ŋ] |
| Kyrgyz | ың | [ŋ~ɴ] |
| Shor | эң | [ŋ] |
| Tatar | эң (eñ) | [ŋ~ɴ] |
| Turkmen | эң (eň) | [ŋ] |
| Tuvan | эң | [ŋ] |
| Uyghur | әң (eng) | [ŋ~ɴ] |
Computing codes
| Preview | Ң | ң | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EN WITH DESCENDER |
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EN WITH DESCENDER | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1186 | U+04A2 | 1187 | U+04A3 |
| UTF-8 | 210 162 | D2 A2 | 210 163 | D2 A3 |
| Numeric character reference | Ң |
Ң |
ң |
ң |
See also
- Ӊ ӊ : Cyrillic letter En with tail
- Ӈ ӈ : Cyrillic letter En with hook
- Ҥ ҥ : Cyrillic ligature En Ge
- Ñ ñ : Latin letter Ñ
- Ň ň : Latin letter Ň
- Ń ń : Latin letter Ń
- Ŋ ŋ : Latin letter Eng
: Latin letter N with descender- Cyrillic characters in Unicode
References
- ^ Unicode Consortium (2000). The Unicode Standard, Version 3.0. Addison-Wesley. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-201-61633-0. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
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