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.It is used in several mostly Turkic languages to represent the voiced velar nasal pronounced as //ŋ//, like the pronunciation of (ng) in "sing". In some cases, it also represents allophones of pronounced as //ŋ//, most commonly the voiced uvular nasal pronounced as //ɴ//.
The Cyrillic letter En with descender is romanized as (ng) or (ñ).
The Cyrillic letter En with descender is used in the alphabets of the following languages:
| Language | Name of letter | Sound | |
|---|---|---|---|
| эң (eñ) | pronounced as /[ŋ~ɴ]/ | ||
| ың (eng) | pronounced as /[ŋ]/ | ||
| аң (añ) | pronounced as /[ŋ~ŋg~ŋk]/ | ||
| эң (en') | pronounced as /[ŋ~ɴ]/ | ||
| эң (éñ) | pronounced as /[ŋ~ɴ]/ | ||
| эң/ың | pronounced as /[ŋ]/ | ||
| ың | pronounced as /[ŋ~ɴ]/ | ||
| эң | pronounced as /[ŋ]/ | ||
| эң (eñ) | pronounced as /[ŋ~ɴ]/ | ||
| эң (eň) | pronounced as /[ŋ]/ | ||
| эң | pronounced as /[ŋ]/ | ||
| әң (eng) | pronounced as /[ŋ~ɴ]/ |