{{Short description|Cyrillic letter used for /ŋ/ in various languages}} {{distinguish|text=the Cyrillic letter Ӊ or the Latin letters Ⱨ or N with descender}} {{One source|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox grapheme | script = Cyrillic | type = Alphabet | typedesc = ic | name = En with descender | image = Cyrillic letter Ng.svg | imageclass = skin-invert-image | imagealt = | phonemes = [{{IPA link|ŋ}}], [{{IPA link|ŋ}}~{{IPA link|ɴ}}], [{{IPA link|ŋ}}~{{IPA link|ŋ}}{{IPA link|ɡ}}~{{IPA link|ŋ}}{{IPA link|k}}] | number = | fam1 = | letter = Ң ң }}
'''En with descender''' (Ң ң; italics: ''Ң<span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger"> </span>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 {{IPA|/ŋ/}}, like the pronunciation of {{angbr|ng}} in "si'''ng'''". In some cases, it also represents allophones of {{IPA|/ŋ/}}, most commonly the voiced uvular nasal {{IPA|/ɴ/}}.
The Cyrillic letter En with descender is romanized as {{angbr|ng}} or {{angbr|ñ}}.
== Usage == The Cyrillic letter En with descender is used in the alphabets of the following languages: {| class="wikitable" ! Language !! Name of letter !! Sound |- | Bashkir || эң (eñ) || {{IPA|[ŋ~ɴ]}} |- | Dungan || ың (eng) || {{IPA|[ŋ]}} |- | Kalmyk || аң (añ) || {{IPA|[ŋ~ŋg~ŋk]}} |- | Karakalpak || эң (en') || {{IPA|[ŋ~ɴ]}} |- | Kazakh || эң (éñ) || {{IPA|[ŋ~ɴ]}} |- | Khakas || эң/ың || {{IPA|[ŋ]}} |- | Kyrgyz || ың || {{IPA|[ŋ~ɴ]}} |- | Shor || эң || {{IPA|[ŋ]}} |- | Tatar || эң (eñ) || {{IPA|[ŋ~ɴ]}} |- | Turkmen || эң (eň) || {{IPA|[ŋ]}} |- | Tuvan || эң || {{IPA|[ŋ]}} |- | Uyghur || әң (eng) || {{IPA|[ŋ~ɴ]}} |}
== Computing codes == {{charmap | 04A2|name1=Cyrillic Capital Letter<br />En with Descender | 04A3|name2=Cyrillic Small Letter<br />En with Descender }}<ref name="Unicode Consortium 2000" />
== 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 * 11px 8px : Latin letter N with descender * Cyrillic characters in Unicode
== References == <references> <ref name="Unicode Consortium 2000">{{cite book | author = Unicode Consortium | title = The Unicode Standard, Version 3.0 | publisher = Addison-Wesley | date = 2000 | isbn = 978-0-201-61633-0 | url = https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Unicode_Standard_Version_3_0/-u5QAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 | access-date = 27 June 2025 | page = 380 }}</ref> </references>
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