En with descender (Ң ң; italics: Ң ң) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter En (Н н) by adding a descender to the right leg.
It is used in several mostly Turkic languages to represent the voiced velar nasal , like the pronunciation of in "sing". In some cases, it also represents allophones of , most commonly the voiced uvular nasal .
The Cyrillic letter En with descender is romanized as or .
Usage The Cyrillic letter En with descender is used in the alphabets of the following languages: Language Name of letter Sound Bashkir эң (eñ) Dungan ың (eng) Kalmyk аң (añ) Karakalpak эң (en') Kazakh эң (éñ) Khakas эң/ың Kyrgyz ың Shor эң Tatar эң (eñ) Turkmen эң (eň) Tuvan эң Uyghur әң (eng)
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See also Ӊ ӊ : Cyrillic letter En with tail Ӈ ӈ : Cyrillic letter En with hook Ҥ ҥ : Cyrillic ligature En Ge Ñ ñ : Latin letter Ñ Ň ň : Latin letter Ň Ń ń : Latin letter Ń Ŋ ŋ : Latin letter Eng : Latin letter N with descender Cyrillic characters in Unicode
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