Ng (Arabic letter)
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Ng or Naf (ݣ or ڭ) is an additional letter of the Arabic script, derived from kāf (ك ک) with the addition of three dots above the letter. The letter was used in Ottoman Turkish to represent a velar /ŋ/ and is still used for /ŋ/ when writing Turkic languages.
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ݣ | ـݣ | ـݣـ | ݣـ |
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More information Position in word, Isolated ...
Position in word | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
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ڭ | ـڭ | ـڭـ | ڭـ |
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ڭ ݣ | |
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Writing system | Arabic script |
Type | Abjad |
Language of origin | Ottoman Turkish |
Phonetic usage | [ŋ] |
Unicode codepoint | U+0763, U+06AD |
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Writing direction | Right-to-left |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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