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	Ν ν 𐌍 N Ṅ ṅ
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
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Ṅ (lowercase ṅ) is a letter of the Latin and Sanskrit alphabet, formed by N with the addition of a dot above. ^[1]

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].

Balinese

In Balinese, "ṅ" is used to represent [ŋ].

Computer display

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.

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