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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

En with hook is used in the alphabets of a number of languages of Siberia, including all the Chukotko-Kamchatkan and Samoyedic languages:

Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages

Uralic languages

Several Uralic languages use the en with hook.^[2]

These include:

Samoyedic languages

Other Uralic languages

Tungusic languages

Eskimo–Aleut languages

Other languages

Ket
Nivkh

Computing codes

En with Hook has different unicodes for capital and small letters.^[4]

Character information
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

References

^ 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. Retrieved February 5, 2023.

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] Allen, Julie D. (2007). The Unicode Standard 5.0 -. Unicode Consortium. p. 610. Retrieved February 5, 2023.

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