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En with hook

En with hook

Cyrillic letter used for /ŋ/ in many languages


En with hook ӈ; italics: Ӈ ӈ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter En н) by adding a hook to the right leg.

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En with hook commonly represents the voiced velar nasal /ŋ/, like the pronunciation of ng in "sing", in Uralic languages.[1]

Usage

En with hook is used in the alphabets of a number of languages of Siberia, including all the Chukotko-Kamchatkan and Samoyedic languages:

Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages

Uralic languages

Several Uralic languages use the en with hook.[2]

These include:

Samoyedic languages

Other Uralic languages

Tungusic languages

Eskimo–Aleut languages

Other languages

Computing codes

En with Hook has different unicodes for capital and small letters.[4]

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See also


References

  1. Erich Kasten, Tjeerd de Graaf, ed. (2013). Sustaining Indigenous Knowledge: Learning Tools and Community Initiatives for Preserving Endangered Languages and Local Cultural Heritage. Bod Third Party Titles. p. 204. ISBN 9783942883122. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  2. Salminen, Tapani; Anderson, Deborah (2012). "Request for 2 New Cyrillic Characters for the Khanty and Nenets Languages". UC Berkeley: Department of Linguistics. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  3. Yevlampiev, Ilya; Pentzlin, Karl (July 6, 2011). "Proposal to encode a missing Cyrillic letter pair for the Orok language" (PDF). Working Group Document. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  4. Allen, Julie D. (2007). The Unicode Standard 5.0 -. Unicode Consortium. p. 610. Retrieved February 5, 2023.

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