Ng (Arabic letter)
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Ngāf or Ṅāf (ݣ or ڭ) is an additional letter of the Arabic script, derived from kāf (ك ک) with the addition of three dots above the letter. The letter was used in Ottoman Turkish to represent a velar /ŋ/ and is still used for /ŋ/ when writing Turkic languages.
Usage
In Ottoman Turkish, it represented the velar /ŋ/. An example is the word däŋiz (دڭز, 'sea'). The letter is used or has been used to write /ŋ/ in:
It is also used in Moroccan Arabic for /ɡ/.
The Xiao'erjing script variant ݣ is used to spell /ŋ/ in Sinitic languages such as Mandarin (especially the Lanyin, Zhongyuan and Northeastern dialects) and the Dungan language.
Other characters used to represent /ŋ/
Southeast Asian nga
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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ڠ | ـڠ | ـڠـ | ڠـ |
This letter, derived from ghayn (غ), is used to represent /ŋ/ in:
- the Jawi script,[1] for
- the Pegon script, for
- Arabic Afrikaans, for Afrikaans historically, called ngīn ([ŋiːn])
Wolof ngōn
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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ݝ | ـݝ | ـݝـ | ݝـ |
This letter is also derived from ghayn. Called ngōn (Wolof pronunciation: [ŋɔːn]), it is used in the Wolofal alphabet to represent /ŋ/ in the Wolof language.[2][3] Two variants of kāf were also used: ڭ as in Turkic, and ݤ below.
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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ݤ | ـݤ | ـݤـ | ݤـ |
Sindhi ngāf
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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ڱ | ـڱ | ـڱـ | ڱـ |
Derived from the Perso-Arabic gāf (گ) and called ngāf [ŋäːf], is used in Sindhi for /ŋ/ when written in the Arabic script.
Tamil nga
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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ࢳ | ـࢳ | ـࢳـ | ࢳـ |
This letter is also derived from ghayn, with three dots inside the descender, to represent /ŋ/ in the Arwi script used for Tamil.