Ṅ

Ṅ (lowercase ṅ) is a letter of the Latin and Sanskrit alphabet, formed by N with the addition of a dot above.^[1]

N with dot above
Ṅ ṅ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Venda language, Emilian-Romagnol language
Sound values	[ŋ]
In Unicode	U+1E44, U+1E45
Alphabetical position	16
History
Development	Ν ν 𐌍 N Ṅ ṅ
Time period	~1000 to present
Sisters	Ñ, N̈, Ŋ, Ꞑ
Transliterations	Ҥ, ङ, ঙ, ਙ, ઙ, ଙ, ங, ఙ, ಙ, ങ, ඞ
Other
Writing direction	Left-to-Right
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.

The letter is used in Venda and Emilian-Romagnol for the voiced velar nasal (IPA: ŋ), corresponding to the pronunciation of the English digraph "ng" in final position.

Furthermore, the letter is used in some transliteration systems of South Asian languages. The letter is used in the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration for the "ng" sound corresponding to the Indian letters ङ / ঙ / ਙ / ઙ / ଙ / ங / ఙ / ಙ / ങ / ඞ. The letter is also used in the ISO 9 transliteration of the Cyrillic letter Ҥ.

Usage in various languages

Emilian

Ṅ is used in Emilian to represent [ŋ], e.g. faréṅna [faˈreŋːna] "flour".

Romagnol

In Romagnol the use of letter Ṅ is limited to linguistics to represent [ŋ].

Balinese

In Balinese, "ṅ" is used to represent [ŋ].

Computer display

Character information

Preview	Ṅ		ṅ
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH DOT ABOVE		LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH DOT ABOVE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	7748	U+1E44	7749	U+1E45
UTF-8	225 185 132	E1 B9 84	225 185 133	E1 B9 85
Numeric character reference	Ṅ	Ṅ	ṅ	ṅ

Unicode contains the Ṅ with the code points U+1E44 (uppercase) and U+1E45 (lowercase).

In TeX one can type the Ṅ with the commands \.N or \.n.

References

1. "Unicode Character "Ṅ" (U+1E44)". Compart. Oak Brook, IL: Compart AG. 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-29.