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Revision as of 17:13, 5 October 2005
- This article is about the Latin letter. For the acronym ENG, see Electronic News Gathering
The eng is a letter: Ŋ (capital), ŋ (small). It typically represents a velar nasal. The capital may have one of two distinct forms, either a capital N with a tail or an enlarged lowercase ŋ. The symbol was originally a combination of lowercase n and g invented for the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent the velar nasal (X-SAMPA equivalent: N). It was later adapted to the writing systems of a number of languages with this sound such as Sámi and many Aboriginal languages, especially in Africa and Oceania. It has also gained much popularity among people that make conlangs. Although the letter would be extremely useful in writing East and Southeast Asian languages, to date it has not even been introduced there.
The Cyrillic letter Ӈ (H with a hook just as in Ŋ), as used in Template:Ll for the velar nasal, is modelled on this letter.