Ɲ

Ɲ

Ɲ

Latin letter N with left hook

Ɲ is a letter indicating a palatal nasal. The lowercase form ɲ is used as an IPA symbol. The upper and lower case are used in the orthographies of some African languages (e.g. Bambara and Fula in Mali).

Variants of uppercase Ɲ and lowercase ɲ

Its Unicode code points are U+019D and U+0272, respectively.

Usage

The lowercase form  ɲ is used as an IPA symbol for the voiced palatal nasal.[1]

ᶇ ŋ ɲ ɳ: four "n"-based IPA symbols for nasal sounds.

The symbol ⟨ɲ⟩ is used to represent an alveolo-palatal nasal in some languages, since there is no IPA symbol with the latter meaning, and no language distinguishes the two.

Usage on Computers

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References

  1. [1]
    "IPA Extensions" (PDF). Unicode. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

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