Ng (Arabic letter)

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Arabic NG[]

NG
ڭ/ݣ
Usage
Writing systemArabic script
TypeAbjad
Language of originTurkic languages
Phonetic usage[ŋ]
Unicode codepointU+0763 ݣ ARABIC LETTER KEHEH WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE [1] U+06AD ڭ ARABIC LETTER NG [2]
History
Development
  • ڭ/ݣ
Other
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ݣ‎ or ڭ‎ (Ng or Naf) is an additional letter of the Arabic script, derived from kāf (ك، ک‎) with the addition of three dots above the letter. It is not used in the Arabic language itself, but is used to represent a velar /ŋ/ when writing Turkic languages.

In Turkic dialects, it represented the velar /ŋ/. An example is the word دݣز (däŋiz, “sea”), compare deniz in modern Turkish, and deñiz in Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uyghur and Uzbek.

It is also used in Sindhi and Saraiki, as ڳ.


Position in word: Isolated Final Medial Initial
Glyph form:
(Help) 		ݣ‎ ـݣ‎ ـݣـ‎ ݣـ‎
Position in word: Isolated Final Medial Initial
Glyph form:
(Help) 		ڭ‎ ـڭ‎ ـڭـ‎ ڭـ‎

Languages[]

The letter is used or has been used to write:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Unicode Utilities: Character Properties". util.unicode.org. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Unicode Utilities: Character Properties". util.unicode.org. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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