ŋ
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Character variations
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| In phonetic notation, eng commonly has a straight glyph η, or may be typeset as a Greek η. |
Translingual
Etymology
Originally a ligature of ng in mediaeval Icelandic.
Pronunciation
IPA: (file)
Letter
ŋ (upper case Ŋ)
- The letter eng.
Symbol
ŋ
- (IPA) a voiced velar nasal.
- (superscript ⟨ᵑ⟩, IPA) [ŋ]-prenasalization, [ŋ]-release or post-nasalization, [ŋ]-coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ŋ].
- (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⟩.
- (on a click consonant) A nasal velar as opposed to nasal uvular click; specifically:
- (UPA) a velar nasal (IPA [ŋ])
Avokaya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋ/
Letter
ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)
Dagbani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋ/
Letter
ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)
Ewe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋ/
Letter
ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, Ɖ ɖ, Dz dz, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, Ƒ ƒ, G g, Gb gb, Ɣ ɣ, H h, I i, K k, Kp kp, Q q, L l, M m, N n, Ny ny, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, T t, Ts ts, U u, V v, Ʋ ʋ, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Fula
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋ/
Letter
ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)
Usage notes
See also
- (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ
Inari Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /ŋ/
Letter
ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ä ä, Á á
Inupiaq
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋ/
Letter
ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)
See also
- (North Slope & Northwest Arctic)
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ch ch, G g, Ġ ġ, H h, I i, K k, L l, Ḷ ḷ, Ł ł, Ł̣ ł̣, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ŋ ŋ, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sr sr, T t, U u, V v, Y y (’)
- (Seward Peninsula)
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b (Ch ch, Ə ə), G g, Ġ ġ, H h, I i, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sr sr, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zr zr, '
- (Uummarmiutun)
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ch ch, F f, G g, H h, Dj dj, I i, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, P p, Q q, R r, R̂ r̂, T t, U u, V v, Y y
Lakota
Letter
ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)
- A letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script, indicating nasalization of the previous vowel.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á), Aŋ aŋ (Áŋ áŋ), B b, Č č, Čh čh, Čʼ čʼ, E e (É é), G g, Ǧ ǧ, H h, Ȟ ȟ, Ȟʼ ȟʼ, I i (Í í), Iŋ iŋ (Íŋ íŋ), K k, Kh kh, Kȟ kȟ, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Ph ph, Pȟ pȟ, Pʼ pʼ, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Š š, Šʼ šʼ, T t, Th th, Tȟ tȟ, Tʼ tʼ, U u (Ú ú), Uŋ uŋ (Úŋ úŋ), W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, ʼ
Mandarin
Romanization
ŋ
- rare spelling of ng
Usage notes
- 《汉语拼音方案》 (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn Fāng'àn, “Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet”) specifies that ⟨ẑ⟩, ⟨ĉ⟩, ⟨ŝ⟩ and ⟨ŋ⟩ may be used as abbreviations for ⟨zh⟩, ⟨ch⟩, ⟨sh⟩ and ⟨ng⟩ respectively, though these are rarely used in practice.
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /ŋ/
Letter
ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, Ŧ ŧ, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž
Nuer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋ/
Letter
ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)
Nǀuu
Pronoun
ŋ
References
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /ŋ/
Letter
ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ
Tuareg
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋ/
Letter
ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)