Ng (Cyrillic)

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Cyrillic letter Ng
Image:Cyrillic letter Ng.png
Unicode (hex)
majuscule: U+04A2
minuscule: U+04A3
Cyrillic alphabet
А Б В Г Ґ Д Ѓ
Ђ Е Ѐ Ё Є Ж З
Ѕ И Ѝ І Ї Й Ј
К Л Љ М Н Њ О
П Р С Т Ћ Ќ У
Ў Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш
Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ Ӓ Ә Ӛ Ӕ Ғ Ӷ
Ҕ Ӗ Ҽ Ҿ Ӂ Җ Ӝ
Ҙ Ӟ Ӡ Ӥ Ӣ Ӏ Ҋ
Қ Ҟ Ҡ Ӄ Ҝ Ӆ Ӎ
Ҥ Ң Ӊ Ӈ Ӧ Ө Ӫ
Ҩ Ҧ Ҏ Ҫ Ҭ Ӳ Ӱ
Ӯ Ү Ұ Ҳ Һ Ҵ Ӵ
Ҷ Ӌ Ҹ Ӹ Ҍ Ӭ  
Archaic letters
Ҁ Ѹ Ѡ Ѿ Ѻ Ѣ ІА
Ѥ Ѧ Ѫ Ѩ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ
Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ      
List of Cyrillic letters

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/ as in "finger".

[edit] Transliteration

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

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