Ng (Cyrillic)

Ng (Cyrillic)

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The Cyrillic letter N with descender or Ng (in Kazakh) (Ң, ң) is an Н with a descender. It is used in Bashkir, Dungan, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Kalmyk and Tuvan, where it expresses the velar nasal /ŋ/ as in "singer".

Transliteration

In Kazakh, it is transliterated as "ñ" or "ng", and in Kyrgyz it is transliterated as "ņ".

See also

*Н
*Ñ
*Unicode|Ӈ
*Engma
*Dungan language
*Kazakh language
*Kyrgyz language
*Kalmyk language
*Tuvan language


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