| N with dot above | |
|---|---|
| Ṅ ṅ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Venda language, Emilian-Romagnol language |
| Phonetic usage | [ŋ] |
| Unicode codepoint | U+1E44, U+1E45 |
| Alphabetical position | 16 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Time period | ~1000 to present |
| Sisters | Ñ, N̈, Ŋ, Ꞑ |
| Transliteration equivalents | Ҥ, ङ, ঙ, ਙ, ઙ, ଙ, ங, ఙ, ಙ, ങ, ඞ |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Ṅ (lowercase ṅ) is a letter of the Latin and Sanskrit alphabet, formed by N with the addition of a dot above.
The letter is used in Venda and Emilian-Romagnol for the voiced velar nasal (IPA: ŋ), corresponding to the pronunciation of the English digraph "ng" in final position.
Furthermore, the letter is used in some transliteration systems of South Asian languages. The letter is used in the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration for the "ng" sound corresponding to the Indian letters ङ / ঙ / ਙ / ઙ / ଙ / ங / ఙ / ಙ / ങ / ඞ. The letter is also used in the ISO 9 transliteration of the Cyrillic letter Ҥ.
Usage in various languages
Emilian
Ṅ is used in Emilian to represent [ŋ], e.g. faréṅna [faˈreŋːna] "flour".
Romagnol
In Romagnol the use of letter Ṅ is limited to linguistics to represent [ŋ].
Computer display
| Preview | Ṅ | ṅ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH DOT ABOVE | LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH DOT ABOVE | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 7748 | U+1E44 | 7749 | U+1E45 |
| UTF-8 | 225 185 132 | E1 B9 84 | 225 185 133 | E1 B9 85 |
| Numeric character reference | Ṅ | Ṅ | ṅ | ṅ |
Unicode contains the Ṅ with the code points U+1E44 (uppercase) and U+1E45 (lowercase).
In TeX one can type the Ṅ with the commands \.N or \.n.