En with hook

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

En with hook
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	/ŋ/
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.

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

• Chukchi
• Koryak
• Kerek
• Alyutor
• Itelmen

Uralic languages

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

These include:

Samoyedic languages

• Enets
• Tundra Nenets
• Forest Nenets
• Nganasan
• Selkup

Other Uralic languages

• Kildin Sami
• Khanty
• Mansi

Tungusic languages

• Even
• Evenki
• Nanai
• Negidal
• Oroch
• Orok^[3]
• Udege
• Ulch

Eskimo–Aleut languages

• Aleut
• Chaplino dialect

Other languages

• Ket
• Nivkh

Computing codes

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

Character information

Preview	Ӈ		ӈ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EN WITH HOOK		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EN WITH HOOK
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1223	U+04C7	1224	U+04C8
UTF-8	211 135	D3 87	211 136	D3 88
Numeric character reference	Ӈ	Ӈ	ӈ	ӈ

See also

• Ң ң : Cyrillic letter En with descender
• Ӊ ӊ : Cyrillic letter En with tail
• Ҥ ҥ : Cyrillic ligature En Ge
• Ԩ ԩ : Cyrillic letter En with left hook
• Ŋ ŋ : Latin letter Eng
• Ꜧ ꜧ : Latin letter Heng
• Cyrillic characters in Unicode

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. ISBN 978-0-321-48091-0. Retrieved February 5, 2023.