Ɲ

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Ɲɲ

The Ɲ (lower case ɲ) is a letter of the Latin writing system . It consists of an N with a hook pointing to the left that starts from the left leg of the N, and in this respect is to be distinguished from the Ŋ , whose hook starts from the right leg. The letter is included in the Africa alphabet and is used in languages ​​such as B. Bambara and Fulfulde used for a voiced palatal nasal , a sound whose pronunciation is similar to that of Spanish Ñ . The lowercase letter ɲ is also used in the international phonetic alphabet and stands for the same sound.

Presentation on the computer

With LaTeX the Ɲ can be represented with the help of the fc fonts . The corresponding commands are \m Jfor the large and \m jfor the small Ɲ.

Unicode contains the Ɲ at the code points U + 019D (uppercase letter) and U + 0272 (lowercase letter).