ɴ
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Character variations
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Translingual
Pronunciation
IPA: (file)
Symbol
ɴ
- (IPA) uvular nasal
- (superscript ⟨ᶰ⟩, IPA) light to full [ɴ]-prenasalization, [ɴ]-release or light post-nasalization, [ɴ]-coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ɴ].
- (on a click consonant) A nasal uvular click; specifically:
- velar dental click ⟨ᶰǀ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶰʇ⟩),
- velar alveolar click ⟨ᶰǃ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶰʗ⟩),
- velar palatal click ⟨ᶰǂ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶰ𝼋⟩),
- velar lateral click ⟨ᶰǁ⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶰʖ⟩),
- velar bilabial click ⟨ᶰʘ⟩,
- velar retroflex click ⟨ᶰ𝼊⟩ or ad hoc ⟨ᶰ‼⟩ (old-style ⟨ᶰψ⟩).
- Placement after the click letter – e.g. ⟨ǂᶰ⟩ – may imply an audible uvular release.
- See also ⟨ᵑ⟩, ⟨𐞒⟩, ⟨𐞥⟩.
- (on a click consonant) A nasal uvular click; specifically:
- (UPA) a voiceless n sound (IPA [n̥]).
- (obsolete, pre-1900 IPA) Used to represent either a palatal nasal [ɲ] or a velar nasal [ŋ], depending on the language.
See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter N): Ńń Ǹǹ Ňň Ññ Ṅṅ Ņņ Ṇṇ Ṋṋ Ṉṉ N̈n̈ Ɲɲ Ƞƞ ᵰ ᶇ ɳ ȵ ɴ Nn Ŋŋ NJNjnj NJNjnj
- (Letters in small caps form): ᴀ ʙ ᴄ ᴅ ᴇ ꜰ ɢ ʜ ɪ ᴊ ᴋ ʟ ᴍ ɴ ᴏ ᴘ ꞯ ʀ ꜱ ᴛ ᴜ ᴠ ᴡ ʏ ᴢ
English
Symbol
ɴ
- (lexicography) Indicates nasal vowels in unassimilated French loans, e.g. \văɴ blâɴ\ for vin blanc.
- (lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ɴɢ⟩ for the /ŋ/ sound.
Old Norse
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nn/
Letter
ɴ