En-ge

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En-ge
Ҥ ҥ
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	/ŋ/, formerly also /nʲ/
History
Development	Н н and Г г Ҥ ҥ
Transliterations	Ṅ ṅ, Ng ng, Ŋ ŋ
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En-ge (Ҥ ҥ; italics: Ҥ ҥ)^[1] is a letter of the Cyrillic script used only in non-Slavic languages. The shape of the letter originated as a ligature of the Cyrillic letters en (Н н) and ge (Г г), but en-ge is used as a separate letter in alphabets.

En-ge is used in the alphabets of the Altai languages, Meadow Mari, Tundra Yukaghir (except in some Saint Petersburg publications, where it is substituted with En with hook) and Yakut. In all of these languages, it represents the voiced velar nasal /ŋ/, like the pronunciation of 〈ng〉 in "sing".

En-ge was also used in two 19th-century alphabets for Aleut.

Ҥ is romanized using Ṅ, Ng, or even Ŋ.

• Ң ң : Cyrillic letter en with descender
• Ӈ ӈ : Cyrillic letter en with hook
• Ŋ ŋ : Latin letter eng
• Ꞑ ꞑ : Latin letter n with descender
• 𝆦: Hauptstimme

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