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'''N with long right leg''' (majuscule: '''Ƞ''', minuscule: '''ƞ''') is an obsolete letter of the [[Latin alphabet]] and the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]]. It is encoded in [[Unicode]] as {{unichar|0220|LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH LONG RIGHT LEG}} and {{unichar|019E|LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH LONG RIGHT LEG}}. |
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{{angle bracket|Ƞ}} was used to represent the [[nasalization]] of vowels in the [[Lakota language]]<ref>[http://www.sageandsweetgrass.com/dictionary.aspx Lakota Dictionary], Sage and Sweetgrass, 2008</ref> in that language's 1982 orthography.<ref>Michael Everson, [http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2306r.pdf Proposal to add LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH LONG RIGHT LEG to the UCS], 29 November 2000</ref> Later Lakota orthography replaced the letter with {{IPA link|ŋ}},<ref>[http://www.lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/nldo.php New Lakota Dictionary Online], Lakota Language Consortium, 2008-2013</ref> a more common letter that represents a [[velar nasal]] sound in many languages. |
{{angle bracket|Ƞ}} was used to represent the [[nasalization]] of vowels in the [[Lakota language]]<ref>[http://www.sageandsweetgrass.com/dictionary.aspx Lakota Dictionary], Sage and Sweetgrass, 2008</ref> in that language's 1982 orthography.<ref>Michael Everson, [http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2306r.pdf Proposal to add LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH LONG RIGHT LEG to the UCS], 29 November 2000</ref> Later Lakota orthography replaced the letter with {{IPA link|ŋ}},<ref>[http://www.lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/nldo.php New Lakota Dictionary Online], Lakota Language Consortium, 2008-2013</ref> a more common letter that represents a [[velar nasal]] sound in many languages. |
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N with long right leg (majuscule: Ƞ, minuscule: ƞ) is an obsolete letter of the Latin alphabet and the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is encoded in Unicode as U+0220 Ƞ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH LONG RIGHT LEG and U+019E ƞ LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH LONG RIGHT LEG.
⟨Ƞ⟩ was used to represent the nasalization of vowels in the Lakota language[1] in that language's 1982 orthography.[2] Later Lakota orthography replaced the letter with ŋ,[3] a more common letter that represents a velar nasal sound in many languages.
In the IPA, the letter /ƞ/ was used from 1951 to 1976 to transcribe a moraic nasal homorganic with a following consonant, but was removed because it did not indicate a specific phonetic pronunciation and the IPA consists of only glyphs with defined phonetic values. It remains useful as a phonemic symbol for a nasal that does not have a set value.
⟨Ƞ⟩ is not to be confused with ŋ or with ɳ, used in IPA for a retroflex nasal. Its lowercase form is graphically similar to the lowercase Greek letter eta (η), which was used in print when dedicated type was available.
References
- ^ Lakota Dictionary, Sage and Sweetgrass, 2008
- ^ Michael Everson, Proposal to add LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH LONG RIGHT LEG to the UCS, 29 November 2000
- ^ New Lakota Dictionary Online, Lakota Language Consortium, 2008-2013