En with hook
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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.
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:
Several Uralic languages use the en with hook.[2]
These include:
Other Uralic languages
[edit]Other languages
[edit]Computing codes
[edit]En with Hook has different unicodes for capital and small letters.[4]
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]- Ң ң : Cyrillic letter En with descender
- Ӊ ӊ : Cyrillic letter En with tail
- Ҥ ҥ : Cyrillic ligature En Ge
- Ԩ ԩ : Cyrillic letter En with left hook
- Ŋ ŋ : Latin letter Eng
- Ꜧ ꜧ : Latin letter Heng
- Cyrillic characters in Unicode
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Allen, Julie D. (2007). The Unicode Standard 5.0 -. Unicode Consortium. p. 610. ISBN 978-0-321-48091-0. Retrieved February 5, 2023.