Ng (Cyrillic)

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Cyrillic letter Ng
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Cyrillic alphabet
А Б В Г Ґ Ѓ Д
Ђ Е Ѐ Ё Є Ж З
Ѕ И Ѝ І Ї Й Ј
К Ќ Л Љ М Н Њ
О П Р С Т Ћ У
Ў Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш
Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ Ӓ Ә Ӛ Ӕ Ҕ Ӗ
Ғ Ӷ Ӏ Ӂ Җ Ӝ Ҙ
Ӟ Ӡ Ӣ Ӥ Ҋ Ҡ Қ
Ҟ Ҝ Ӄ Ӆ Ӎ Ң Ҥ
Ӊ Ӈ Ө Ӫ Ӧ Ҧ Ҏ
Ҫ Ҷ Ҹ Ӵ Ҽ Ҿ Ӌ
Ҩ Ҳ Һ Ҭ Ҵ Ӳ Ӯ
Ү Ұ Ӱ Ӹ Ҍ Ӭ
Archaic letters
Ҁ Ѹ Ѡ Ѿ Ѻ Ѣ ІА
Ѥ Ѧ Ѫ Ѩ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ
Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ

The Cyrillic letter N with descender or Ng (in Kazakh) (Ң, ң) is an Н with a descender. It is used in Bashkir, Dungan, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Kalmyk and Tuvan, where it expresses the velar nasal /ŋ/.

[edit] Transliteration

In Kazakh, it is transliterated as ñ or ng, and in Kyrgyz it is transliterated as ņ.

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