Nun (letter)
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Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician nūn 𐤍, Hebrew nūn נ, Aramaic nūn 𐡍, Syriac nūn ܢ, and Arabic nūn ن (in abjadi order). Its numerical value is 50. It is the third letter in Thaana (ނ), pronounced as "noonu". In all languages, it represents the alveolar nasal /n/.
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Nun | |
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Phoenician | 𐤍 |
Hebrew | נ |
Aramaic | 𐡍 |
Syriac | ܢ |
Arabic | ن |
Phonemic representation | n |
Position in alphabet | 14 |
Numerical value | 50 |
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
Greek | Ν |
Latin | N |
Cyrillic | Н |
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The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek nu (Ν), Etruscan , Latin N, and Cyrillic Н.