En-ge

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En-ge (Ҥ ҥ; italics: Ҥ ҥ)[1] is a letter of the Cyrillic script used only in non-Slavic languages. The shape of the letter originated as a ligature of the Cyrillic letters en (Н н) and ge (Г г), but en-ge is used as a separate letter in alphabets.

En-ge is used in the alphabets of the Altai languages, Meadow Mari, Tundra Yukaghir (except in some Saint Petersburg publications, where it is substituted with En with hook) and Yakut. In all of these languages, it represents the voiced velar nasal Script error: No such module "IPA"., like the pronunciation of 〈ng〉 in "sing".

En-ge was also used in two 19th-century alphabets for Aleut.

In certain Old Slavonic manuscripts, a character of the same or similar shape could be used to represent palatalized Script error: No such module "IPA"., a role similar to modern Serbian/Macedonian letter nje (Њ њ). These manuscripts also may contain similarly built characters for palatalized Д, ЗScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., Л and РScript error: No such module "Unsubst". (d, z, l, and r).

Ҥ is romanized using Ṅ, Ng, or even Ŋ.

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