Eng (letter)

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Eng or engma (majuscule: Ŋ, minuscule: ŋ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, usually used to represent a velar nasal (as in English ''singing).

Appearance

Lowercase eng is derived from n with the addition of a hook to the right leg, like that of opentail g (). The uppercase has two variants: it can be based on the usual uppercase N, with a hook added; or it can be an enlarged version of the lowercase. The former is preferred in Sami languages that use it, the latter in African languages.

Early printers, lacking a specific glyph for eng, sometimes approximated it by rotating a capital G, or by substituting a Greek eta (η) for it.

History

Usage

Technical transcription

• Americanist phonetic notation (where it may also represent an uvular nasal)
• Sometimes for the transcription of Australian Aboriginal languages
• International Phonetic Alphabet
• Uralic Phonetic Alphabet

Vernacular orthographies

Languages marked † no longer use eng, but formerly did.

• African languages
• *Bari
• *Dinka
• *Ewe
• American languages
• *O'odham
• Languages of China
• *Zhuang† (replaced by the digraph ng in 1986)
• Sami languages
• *Inari Sami
• *Lule Sami
• *Northern Sami
• *Skolt Sami

Computer encoding

Eng is present in ISO 8859-4 (Latin-4) in order to write the Sami languages, at BD (uppercase) and BF (lowercase). In Unicode, it is encoded as U+014A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ENG and U+014B LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG.

See also

• Ng (digraph)

Similar Latin letters:

• Ƞ ƞ
• Ɲ ɲ
• ɳ
• ɱ

Similar Cyrillic letters:

• Ӈ ӈ
• Ң ң
• Ҥ ҥ

Latin alphabet	Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Modified characters	Àà Ȁȁ Áá Ââ Ầầ Ấấ Ẫẫ Ẩẩ Ậậ Ãã Ää Ǟǟ Āā Ăă Ằằ Ắắ Ẵẵ Ặặ Ẳẳ Ȧȧ Ǡǡ Ạạ Åå Ḁḁ Ǻǻ Ȃȃ Ąą Ǎǎ Ảả Aʾẚ Ⱥ Ḃḃ Ḅḅ Ḇḇ ƀ Ɓɓ Ƃƃ Ćć Ĉĉ Ċċ Çç Ḉḉ Čč Ƈƈ Ȼȼ Ďď Ḋḋ Ḍḍ Ḏḏ Ḑḑ Ḓḓ Đđ Ɖɖ Ɗɗ Ƌƌ Èè Ȅȅ Éé Êê Ềề Ếế Ễễ Ệệ Ểể Ḛḛ Ëë Ēē Ḕḕ Ḗḗ Ĕĕ Ėė Ẹẹ E̩e̩ Ȇȇ Ȩȩ Ḝḝ Ęę Ěě Ẽẽ Ḙḙ Ẻẻ Ḟḟ Ƒƒ Ǵǵ Ĝĝ Ḡḡ Ğğ Ġġ Ģģ Ǧǧ Ǥǥ Ɠɠ Ĥĥ Ḣḣ Ḥḥ Ḧḧ Ȟȟ Ḩḩ Ḫḫ H̱ẖ Ħħ Ƕƕ Iı Ìì Ȉȉ Íí Îî Ĩĩ Ḭḭ Ïï Ḯḯ Īī Ĭĭ Ȋȋ Įį Ǐǐ İi Ịị Ỉỉ Ɨɨ ɟ Ĵĵ J̌ǰ Ḱḱ Ǩǩ Ķķ Ḳḳ Ḵḵ Ƙƙ Ĺĺ Ļļ Ľľ Ḷḷ Ḹḹ Ḻḻ Ḽḽ Ƚƚ Łł ɫ Ḿḿ M̃m̃ Ṁṁ Ṃṃ Ǹǹ Ńń N̈n̈ Ññ Ņņ Ňň Ṅṅ Ṇṇ Ṉṉ Ṋṋ Ŋŋ Ɲɲ Ƞƞ Òò Ȍȍ Óó Őő Ôô Ồồ Ốố Ỗỗ Ộộ Ổổ Õõ Ṍṍ Ṏṏ Ȭȭ Öö Ȫȫ Ōō Ṑṑ Ṓṓ Ŏŏ Ȏȏ Ǒǒ Ȯȯ Ȱȱ Ọọ O̩o̩ Ǫǫ Ǭǭ Ơơ Ờờ Ớớ Ỡỡ Ợợ Ởở Ỏỏ Ɵɵ Øø Ǿǿ Ṕṕ Ṗṗ P̃p̃ Ƥƥ ᵽ Ȑȑ Ŕŕ Ŗŗ Řř Ȓȓ Ṙṙ Ṛṛ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ ɽ Śś Ṥṥ Ŝŝ Şş Șș Šš Ṧṧ Ṡṡ Ṣṣ Ṩṩ S̩s̩ ȿ T̈ẗ Ţţ Țț Ťť Ṫṫ Ṭṭ Ṯṯ Ṱṱ Ŧŧ Ⱦ Ƭƭ Ʈʈ Ùù Ȕȕ Úú Űű Ûû Ũũ Ṹṹ Ṵṵ Üü Ṳṳ Ǜǜ Ǘǘ Ǖǖ Ǚǚ Ūū Ṻṻ Ŭŭ Ụụ Ůů Ȗȗ Ųų Ǔǔ Ṷṷ Ủủ Ưư Ừừ Ứứ Ữữ Ựự Ửử ʉ Ṽṽ Ṿṿ Ẁẁ Ẃẃ Ŵŵ Ẅẅ Ẇẇ Ẉẉ W̊ẘ Ẋẋ Ẍẍ Ỳỳ Ýý Ŷŷ Ÿÿ Ỹỹ Ȳȳ Ẏẏ Y̊ẙ Ỵỵ Ỷỷ Ƴƴ Źź Ẑẑ Żż Ẓẓ Žž Ẕẕ Ƶƶ Ȥȥ ɀ
	ɑ Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ðð Ǝǝ Əə Ɛɛ Ƒƒ Ɩɩ Ȝȝ Ɣɣ Ƣƣ Kʻĸ ƛ Ɔɔ Œœ Ȣȣ Ʀʀ Ↄ Ʃʃ Þþ Ʊʊ ʌ Ʋʋ Ⅎ Ɯɯ ƿǷ ɥ Çç ɀ Ʒʒ Ǯǯ Ƹƹ Ƨƨ Зз Чч Ƽƽ Ƅƅ ʔ/Ɂ ǀ ǁ ǂ ǃ ʇ ʖ ʗ ʘ
Digraphs	Bh bh Ch ch C̱h c̱h CÖ cö Cs cs Cu cu Dd dd Dh dh Dj dj Dx dx Dz dz Dž dž Ff ff Gb gb Gh gh Gi gi Gn gn Gy gy Hs hs Hu hu IJ ij Jö jö Kh kh Kp kp Ku ku Lj lj Lh lh Ll ll Ly ly Mb mb Mp mp Nd nd Ng ng Nh nh Nj nj Nk nk Ns ns Nt nt Ny ny Nz nz Ph ph Qu qu Rd rd Rh rh Rl rl Rn rn Rr rr Rt rt Sh sh Sv sv Sy sy Sz sz Th th Tj tj Tr tr Ts ts Tx tx Tz tz Wh wh Xh xh Xö xö Yh yh Yk yk Zh zh Zs zs Zv zv
Trigraphs	Dzs dzs Ngb ngb Ngh ngh Ngk ngk Nkp nkp Nth nth Nyk nyk Rnd rnd Sch sch
Quadrigraphs	Nyng nyng
Stylistic variants	Carolingian G insular G ({{unicode r rotunda long s ({{unicode

External links

• [Practical Orthography of African Languages]

 

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