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; 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.

En with descender
Ң ң
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	[ŋ], [ŋ~ɴ], [ŋ~ŋɡ~ŋk]

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⟩.

Usage

The Cyrillic letter En with descender is used in the alphabets of the following languages:

Language	Name of letter	Sound
Bashkir	эң (eñ)	[ŋ~ɴ]
Dungan	ың (eng)	[ŋ]
Kalmyk	аң (añ)	[ŋ~ŋg~ŋk]
Karakalpak	эң (en')	[ŋ~ɴ]
Kazakh	эң (éñ)	[ŋ~ɴ]
Khakas	эң/ың	[ŋ]
Kyrgyz	ың	[ŋ~ɴ]
Shor	эң	[ŋ]
Tatar	эң (eñ)	[ŋ~ɴ]
Turkmen	эң (eň)	[ŋ]
Tuvan	эң	[ŋ]
Uyghur	әң (eng)	[ŋ~ɴ]

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Ң		ң
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EN WITH DESCENDER		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EN WITH DESCENDER
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1186	U+04A2	1187	U+04A3
UTF-8	210 162	D2 A2	210 163	D2 A3
Numeric character reference	Ң	Ң	ң	ң

See also

• Ӊ ӊ : Cyrillic letter En with tail
• Ӈ ӈ : Cyrillic letter En with hook
• Ҥ ҥ : Cyrillic ligature En Ge
• Ñ ñ : Latin letter Ñ
• Ň ň : Latin letter Ň
• Ń ń : Latin letter Ń
• Ŋ ŋ : Latin letter Eng
•  : Latin letter N with descender
• Cyrillic characters in Unicode