En with hook

Summary

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

Cyrillic letter
En with hook
Phonetic usage:/ŋ/
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА̀А̂А̄ӒБВГ
ҐДЂЃЕЀЕ̄Е̂
ЁЄЖЗЗ́ЅИІ
ЇЍИ̂ӢЙЈК
ЛЉМНЊОО̀О̂
ŌӦПРР̌СС́Т
ЋЌУУ̀У̂ӮЎӰ
ФХЦЧЏШЩ
ЪЪ̀ЫЬѢЭЮЮ̀
ЯЯ̀
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̊А̃Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃
ӚВ̌ԜГ̑Г̇Г̣Г̌Г̂
Г̆Г̈ҔҒӺҒ̌Ӷ
Д́Д̌Д̈Д̣Д̆ӖЕ̃
Ё̄Є̈ԐԐ̈ҖӜӁЖ̣
ҘӞЗ̌З̣З̆ӠИ̃Ӥ
ҊҚӃҠҞҜК̣Ԛ
Л́ӅԮԒЛ̈Ӎ
Н́ӉҢԨӇҤО̆О̃
Ӧ̄ӨӨ̄Ө́Ө̆ӪԤП̈
ҎС̌ҪС̣С̱Т́Т̈Т̌
Т̇Т̣ҬУ̃ӲУ̊Ӱ̄
ҰҮҮ́Х̣Х̱Х̮Х̑Х̌
ҲӼӾҺҺ̈ԦЦ̌Ц̈
ҴҶҶ̣ӴӋҸЧ̇
Ч̣ҼҾШ̈Ш̣Ы̆Ы̄
ӸҌҨЭ̆Э̄Э̇Ӭ
Ӭ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈
Ӏʼˮ
Archaic or unused letters
А̨Б̀Б̣Б̱В̀Г̀Г̧
Г̄Г̓Г̆Ҕ̀Ҕ̆ԀД̓
Д̀Д̨ԂЕ̇Е̨
Ж̀Ж̑Џ̆
Ꚅ̆З̀З̑ԄԆ
ԪІ̂І̣І̨
Ј̵Ј̃К̓К̀К̆Ӄ̆
К̑К̇К̈К̄ԞК̂
Л̀ԠԈЛ̑Л̇Ԕ
М̀М̃Н̀Н̄Н̧
Н̃ԊԢН̡Ѻ
П̓П̀
П́ҦП̧П̑ҀԚ̆Р́
Р̀Р̃ԖС̀С̈ԌҪ̓
Т̓Т̀ԎТ̑Т̧
Ꚍ̆ОУУ̇
У̨ꙋ́Ф̑Ф̓Х́Х̀Х̆Х̇
Х̧Х̾Х̓һ̱ѠѼ
ѾЦ̀Ц́Ц̓Ꚏ̆
Ч́Ч̀Ч̆Ч̑Ч̓
ԬꚆ̆Ҽ̆Ш̀
Ш̆Ш̑Щ̆Ꚗ̆Ы̂
Ы̃Ѣ́Ѣ̈Ѣ̆Э̨Э̂
Ю̂Я̈Я̂Я̨
ԘѤѦѪѨ
ѬѮѰѲѴѶ

En with hook commonly represents the voiced velar nasal /ŋ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨ng⟩ in "sing", in Uralic languages.[1]

Usage edit

En with hook is used in the alphabets of a number of languages of Siberia, including all the Chukotko-Kamchatkan and Samoyedic languages:

Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages edit

Uralic languages edit

Several Uralic languages use the en with hook.[2]

These include:

Samoyedic languages edit

Other Uralic languages edit

Tungusic languages edit

Eskimo–Aleut languages edit

Other languages edit

Computing codes edit

En with Hook has different unicodes for capital and small letters.[4]


Character information
Preview Ӈ ӈ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
EN WITH HOOK
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
EN WITH HOOK
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1223 U+04C7 1224 U+04C8
UTF-8 211 135 D3 87 211 136 D3 88
Numeric character reference Ӈ Ӈ ӈ ӈ

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Erich Kasten, Tjeerd de Graaf, ed. (2013). Sustaining Indigenous Knowledge: Learning Tools and Community Initiatives for Preserving Endangered Languages and Local Cultural Heritage. Bod Third Party Titles. p. 204. ISBN 9783942883122. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Salminen, Tapani; Anderson, Deborah (2012). "Request for 2 New Cyrillic Characters for the Khanty and Nenets Languages". UC Berkeley: Department of Linguistics. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Yevlampiev, Ilya; Pentzlin, Karl (July 6, 2011). "Proposal to encode a missing Cyrillic letter pair for the Orok language" (PDF). Working Group Document. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  4. ^ Allen, Julie D. (2007). The Unicode Standard 5.0 -. Unicode Consortium. p. 610. Retrieved February 5, 2023.