# En-ge

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{{Short description|Cyrillic letter used for /ŋ/ in various languages}}
{{Distinguish|text=the musical symbol [Hauptstimme 𝆦](/source/Hauptstimme)}}
{{One source|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox grapheme
| letter = Ҥ ҥ
| script = [Cyrillic](/source/Cyrillic)
| type = [Alphabet](/source/Alphabet)
| typedesc = ic
| name = En-ge
| image = Cyrillic ligature En Ghe.svg
| imagesize = 
| imagealt = 
| phonemes = {{IPA|/ŋ/}}, formerly also {{IPA|/nʲ/}}
| number = 
| fam1 = [Н н](/source/En_(Cyrillic)) and [Г г](/source/Ge_(Cyrillic))
| equivalents = [Ṅ ṅ](/source/%E1%B9%84), Ng ng, [Ŋ ŋ](/source/Eng_(letter))
}}

'''En-ge''' (Ҥ&nbsp;ҥ; italics: <span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger">''Ҥ&nbsp;ҥ''</span>)<ref>{{cite web |title=The language in the coldest city in the world |url=https://thelanguagecloset.com/2024/08/17/the-language-in-the-coldest-city-in-the-world/ |website=thelanguagecloset.com |access-date=4 June 2025 |language=en |date=17 August 2024}}</ref> is a letter of the [Cyrillic script](/source/Cyrillic_script) used only in non-[Slavic languages](/source/Slavic_languages). The shape of the letter originated as a [ligature](/source/Typographic_ligature) of the Cyrillic letters [en](/source/En_(Cyrillic)) (Н н) and [ge](/source/Ge_(Cyrillic)) (Г г), but en-ge is used as a separate letter in alphabets.

En-ge is used in the alphabets of the [Altai languages](/source/Altai_languages), [Meadow Mari](/source/Meadow_Mari_language), [Tundra Yukaghir](/source/Tundra_Yukaghir) (except in some Saint Petersburg publications, where it is substituted with [En with hook](/source/En_with_hook)) and [Yakut](/source/Sakha_language). In all of these languages, it represents the [voiced velar nasal](/source/voiced_velar_nasal) {{IPA|/ŋ/}}, like the pronunciation of 〈ng〉 in "si'''ng'''".

En-ge was also used in two 19th-century alphabets for [Aleut](/source/Aleut_language).

Ҥ is romanized using Ṅ, Ng, or even [Ŋ](/source/%C5%8A).

==Computing codes==

{{charmap
|04A4|name1=Cyrillic Capital Ligature En Ghe
|04A5|name2=Cyrillic Small Ligature En Ghe
}}

==Related letters and other similar characters==
* Ң ң : [Cyrillic letter en with descender](/source/%D2%A2)
* Ӈ ӈ : [Cyrillic letter en with hook](/source/%D3%87)
* Ŋ ŋ : [Latin letter eng](/source/%C5%8A)
* Ꞑ ꞑ : [Latin letter n with descender](/source/%EA%9E%90)
*𝆦: [Hauptstimme](/source/Hauptstimme)

==References==
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{{Cyrillic navbox}}

Category:Cyrillic ligatures

{{Cyrillic-alphabet-stub}}

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