ŋ

See also: Ŋ, ŋ́, ŋ̌, ŋ̀, η, η, ᶇ, ņ, פ, מ, り, 𛀁, and Appendix:Variations of "n"

ŋ U+014B, ŋ LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG ← Ŋ [U+014A] Latin Extended-A Ō → [U+014C]

Character variations

ᵑ U+1D51, ᵑ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL ENG ← ᵐ [U+1D50] Phonetic Extensions ᵒ → [U+1D52]

In phonetic notation, eng commonly has a straight glyph η, or may be typeset as a Greek η.

A turned capital 'G', dropped to x-height, has been used as a substitute for ⟨ŋ⟩ when proper type is not available.

Translingual

Etymology

Originally a ligature of n_g in mediaeval Icelandic.

Pronunciation

• IPA:

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Letter

ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)

1. The letter eng.

Symbol

ŋ

1. (IPA, NAPA, UPA) a voiced velar nasal.
2. (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 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⟩ (old-style ⟨ᵑɋ⟩),

   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⟩.

3. (superscript ⟨ᵑ⟩, NAPA) Forms a digraph for the doubly articulated consonant ⟨ᵑm⟩.

English

The ITA eng is written as an N-G ligature.

Letter

ŋ

1. (ITA) The /ŋ/ sound.

Usage notes

ITA typefaces show an n-g ligature.

The capital form, when used at all, is created by increasing the type size of the lowercase.

Avokaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋ/

Letter

ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)

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

Dagbani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋ/

Letter

ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)

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

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋ/

Letter

ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)

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

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)

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

Usage notes

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

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)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a,  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)

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

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)

1. 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

1. 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)

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

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)

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

Nǀuu

Pronoun

ŋ

1. alternative form of ng (“I”)

References

• https://starlingdb.org/

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ŋ/

Letter

ŋ (lower case, upper case Ŋ)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  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)

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

Yakut

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋ/

Letter

ŋ (Cyrillic equivalent ҥ)

1. (obsolete) A letter of the Yakut alphabet, written in the Latin script. Novgorodov alphabet, 1917–1929.