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Ang is a letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages.[1]: 549–551 

Mongolian language

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Ang
The Mongolian script
Mongolian vowels
ᠠ
a
ᠡ
e
ᠢ
i
ᠣ
o
ᠤ
u
ᠥ
ö
ᠦ
ü
ᠧ
(ē)
Mongolian consonants
ᠨ
n
ᠩ
ng
ᠪ
b
ᠫ
(p)
ᠬ
q/k
ᠭ
ɣ/g
ᠮ
m
ᠯ
l
ᠰ
s
ᠱ
š
ᠲ
t
ᠳ
d
ᠴ
č
ᠵ
ǰ
ᠶ
y
ᠷ
r
ᠸ
(w)
Mongolian script multigraphs
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Letter[2]: 15, 17 [3]: 546 [4]: 212–213 
ng (ŋ) Transliteration[note 1]
⟨ᠡᠭ⟩
[note 2]		 Isolate
— Initial
— Medial (syllable-initial)
‍ᠩ‍ Medial (syllable-final)
‍ᠩ Final
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  • Transcribes Chakhar /ŋ/;[7][8] Khalkha /ŋ/.[9]: 40–42  Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letters нг.[10][5]
  • Derived from Old Uyghur nun-kaph (𐽺 and 𐽷) digraph.[3]: 539–540, 545–546 [11]: 111, 115 [12]: 35 
  • Produced with ⇧ Shift+N using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[13]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, ng comes after n and before b.

Clear Script

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Xibe language

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Manchu language

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Main article: Manchu alphabet

Notes

  1. [1]
    Scholarly transliteration, with alternative in parentheses.[5]
  2. [2]
    As in the crying of babies, ᠢᠩ ᠩ ⟨ᠢᠩ ᠡᠭ⟩ ing ng.[6]: 6 

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