N with descender
Ꞑ, ꞑ (N with descender) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, used in several New Turkic Alphabet orthographies in 1930s (for instance, Tatar alphabet), as well as in the 1990s orthographies invented in attempts to restore the Latin alphabet for the Tatar language and the Chechen language.
| N with descender | |
|---|---|
| Ꞑ ꞑ | |
| (See below) | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Yañalif |
| Phonetic usage | [ŋ] |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Variations | (See below) |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
In the majority of languages this letter represented a velar nasal (as in English singing).
Due to problems with the display of this letter in phones and computers, it is sometimes replaced by a similar letter Ŋ ŋ. Free fonts that display it correctly include Quivira, Gentium and Andika.
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