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{{short description|Latin letter N with diaeresis}}
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"'''N̈'''", or "'''n̈'''" (referred to as '''n-diaeresis''' or '''n-umlaut''') is a [[grapheme]] from several minor extended [[Latin alphabet]]s, the letter '''[[N]]''' with a [[Two dots (diacritic)|diaeresis mark]].

It occurs in the orthographies of [[Jakaltek language|Jacaltec]] (a [[Mayan languages|Mayan language]]), [[Malagasy language|Malagasy]] (infrequently used), [[Tol language]], and [[Cape Verdean Creole]], in all four cases representing a velar {{IPAblink|ŋ}}. It is also used in the [[Boruca language]],<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://openpublishing.library.umass.edu/livinglanguages/article/1855/galley/1815/view/|lang=Spanish|title=Revitalización de una lengua dormida en Costa Rica: Experiencias, retos y dilemas con respecto al Brorán (Térraba)|first1=Carlos|last1=Sánchez Avendaño|first2=Leonardo|last2=Porras Cabrera|pages=261, 276|journal=Living Languages|volume =1|access-date=May 6, 2025}}</ref> [[Nawdm language]] (where it only exists as a [[lowercase]] letter),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nawdmasdn.com/sites/www.nawdmasdn.com/files/uploads/Dictionnaire.pdf|page=XI|website=Nawdm ASDM|title=WƐƐT BUUGU DICTIONNAIRE NAWDM  - FRANÇAIS|lang=French|year=2013|access-date=May 6, 2025}}</ref> [[Jersey Dutch language|Jersey Dutch]], and [[Ocaina language]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdn.www.gob.pe/uploads/document/file/151889/_040-2017-MINEDU_-_12-01-2017_04_19_56_-RM_N__040-2017-MINEDU.pdf|title=Resolución Ministerial no 040-2017-MINEDU (Ministerial Resolution number 40-2017)|work=Ministerio de Educación, República del Perú (Ministry of Education, Republic of Peru|lang=es|date=January 11, 2017|access-date=May 6, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/imanimundo/article/download/10695/13876|title=Morphosyntactic aspects of Ocaina: Between genetic features (Witotoan family) and areal influences|first1= Doris Fagua |last1=Rincón |first2=Frank |last2=Seifart|work=Amazon World|volume=1|pages=215-241|year=210|issn=2145-5082 |doi=10.5113/ma.1.10695 |access-date=May 6, 2025|doi-access=free}}</ref>

In [[chemistry]], N̈ represents a [[nitrene]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9A5EQAAQBAJ&pg=PA612&dq=%22N%CC%88%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0|page=612|title=Classics in Total Synthesis IV: New Targets, Strategies, Methods|first1=K. C.|last1=Nicolaou|first2= Ruocheng |last2=Yu|first3=Stephan|last3= Rigol |year=2024|isbn=9783527831494|publisher=Wiley|access-date=May 6, 2025}}</ref>

==Encoding==
"N̈" and "n̈" appear in very few languages, so they are not represented on any [[computer keyboard]] in any language.

Neither "N̈" nor "n̈" have precomposed forms in the [[Unicode]] character set, meaning their only representation is as a combining sequence of a letter "N" (or "n") followed by a [[combining character|combining]] diaeresis U+0308.

"N̈" and "n̈" are not available as [[HTML entity|HTML entities]].

==In popular culture==
The letter is probably best known for its use in the title of the fictional band [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spın̈al Tap]]. Its use there parodies the [[metal umlaut]] used gratuitously by several actual bands, such as [[Blue Öyster Cult]], [[Motörhead]], and [[Mötley Crüe]]. According to fictional musician [[David St. Hubbins]], "it's like a pair of eyes; you're looking at the umlaut, and it's looking at you".

The video game ''[[Borderlands 2]]'' contains a boss named Captain̈ Flyn̈t.

American children's animated series ''[[Hanazuki: Full of Treasures]]'' logo stylized using umlauts as ''Han̈azüki''.

==See also==
* [[Eñ]]
==References==
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[[Category:Latin letters with diacritics]]
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