En with descender

Not to be confused with the Cyrillic letter Ӊ or the Latin letters Ⱨ or N with descender.

En with descender
Ң ң
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Sound values[ŋ], [ŋ~ɴ], [ŋ~ŋɡ~ŋk]

En with descender (Ң ң; italics: Ң ң) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter En (Н н) by adding a descender to the right leg.

It is used in several mostly Turkic languages to represent the voiced velar nasal /ŋ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨ng⟩ in "sing". In some cases, it also represents allophones of /ŋ/, most commonly the voiced uvular nasal /ɴ/.

The Cyrillic letter En with descender is romanized as ⟨ng⟩ or ⟨ñ⟩.

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