Graphemes for /n/ and Related Phonemes

Alveolars

/n/ - alveolar nasal

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
apd-Latn	<n>	naas ‘people’
ar-Arab	<ن>	مجلتنا ‘our magazine’
ast-Latn	<n>	cana ‘grey hair’
bcy-Latn	<n>	nake ‘cow’
bec-Latn	<n>	na ‘give’, ɛnʉnʉ ‘bird’, ɔmbɔn ‘path’
blt-Tavt	<ꪘ>	ꪘꪱꪫ ‘cold’	low tone series (syll. init.)
blt-Tavt	<ꪙ>	ꪙꪮꪙ ‘to sleep’	syllable final
de-Latn	<nn>	kann ‘can’
de-Latn	<n>	Nacht ‘night’
dv-Thaa	<ނ>	ނޫ
dv-Thaa	<އ◌ް>	މުޙައްނިކު	Occurs before ‹ނ› to indicate a geminate; only used in words of foreign origin.
en-Latn	<gn>	gnat
en-Latn	<kn>	knit
en-Latn	<n>	nose
en-Latn	<pn>	pneumonia
es-Latn	<n>	nombre ‘name’
fub-Arab	<ن>	نَرَّلْ ‘fellowship’, حُنَاغٛ ‘to swear oath’, نَنٛ ‘left’, جَرْنٜ ‘garden’
fub-Latn	<n>	narral ‘fellowship’, hunaago ‘to swear oath’, nano ‘left’, jarne ‘garden’
ha-Latn	<n>	nono ‘buttermilk’
id-Latn	<n>	naik ‘rise’
ii-Latn	<n>	na ‘ache’
lbw-Latn	<n>	nohu ‘mortar’, ana ‘child’
nat-Latn	<n>	naweya ‘today’, bina ‘cow’
ne-Deva	<ञ>	सञ्चार ‘transmission’	Always as part of a cluster
ne-Deva	<ण>	पूणिर्मा ‘night of a full moon’
ne-Deva	<न>	नेपाल ‘nepal’
png-Latn	<n>	nama, na̱nshin
srr-Arab	<ن>	نࣷگࣷيْ ‘old’
srr-Latn	<n>	nogoy ‘old’
wo-Arab	<ن>	نࣹلَوْ ‘to sleep’
wo-Latn	<n>	nelaw ‘to sleep’
xnz-Copt	<ⲛ>
xnz-Latn	<n>
yba-Latn	<n>	na

/n̥/ - voiceless alveolar nasal

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
ii-Latn	<hn>	hni ‘red’

/nʷ/ - labialized alveolar nasal

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
nat-Latn	<nw>	unwa̱ ‘mouth’, inwa ‘weave’
png-Latn	<nw>	nwe̱e̱n

/nʲ/ - palatalized alveolar nasal

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
nat-Latn	<ny>	nyaga ‘propose’, cinya̱ ‘dew’

/nː/ - geminate alveolar nasal

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
ar-Arab	<ن◌ّ>	فنّي ‘technical’
fub-Arab	<ن◌ّ>	طٛنّٛ
wo-Arab	<ن◌ّ>	بࣹنَّ ‘one’
wo-Latn	<nn>	benna ‘one’

/n̩/ - syllabic alveolar nasal

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
png-Latn	<nꞌ>	nꞌrabi, nꞌgiyo

Sequences including /n/ - alveolar nasal

Writing System	Phoneme Sequence	Grapheme	Example	Notes
blt-Tavt	/an/	<ꪽ>	ꪋ꪿ꪽ ‘beautiful’, ꪙꪽ ‘loud’	ligature: short /a/ + /n/
de-Latn	/kn/	<kn>	Knochen ‘bone’
ii-Yiii	/n̥e/	<ꅨ>
ii-Yiii	/n̥e/	<ꅩ>	ꅩꌺ ‘girl’
ii-Yiii	/n̥e/	<ꅪ>	ꀊꅪ ‘red’
ii-Yiii	/n̥e/	<ꅫ>	ꅫꂿ ‘sister’
ii-Yiii	/n̥e̙/	<ꅬ>	ꅬꍽ ‘plant sp.’
ii-Yiii	/n̥e̙/	<ꅭ>
ii-Yiii	/n̥e̙/	<ꅮ>	ꅮ ‘heddle’
ii-Yiii	/n̥e̙/	<ꅯ>
ii-Yiii	/n̥ä̙/	<ꅰ>	ꅰ ‘persuade’
ii-Yiii	/n̥ä̙/	<ꅱ>	ꅱꈷꅲꊨ ‘inquisitive’
ii-Yiii	/n̥ä̙/	<ꅲ>	ꅲꇢ ‘forehead’
ii-Yiii	/n̥ä̙/	<ꅳ>	ꅳꍩ ‘gun’
ii-Yiii	/n̥o̙/	<ꅴ>
ii-Yiii	/n̥o̙/	<ꅵ>	ꈢꅵ ‘background’
ii-Yiii	/n̥o/	<ꅶ>	ꅶꁉꍤꁆ ‘both sides’
ii-Yiii	/n̥o/	<ꅷ>
ii-Yiii	/n̥o/	<ꅸ>	ꅸ ‘until’
ii-Yiii	/n̥ɤ/	<ꅹ>	ꐛꅹ ‘since’
ii-Yiii	/n̥ɤ/	<ꅺ>	ꅺꇰ ‘notify’
ii-Yiii	/n̥ɤ/	<ꅻ>	ꅻꌺ ‘ear lobe’
ii-Yiii	/n̥ʉ̙/	<ꅼ>	ꅼꇻ ‘deep’
ii-Yiii	/ne/	<ꅽ>	ꅽꃤ ‘yours’
ii-Yiii	/ne/	<ꅾ>
ii-Yiii	/ne/	<ꅿ>	ꅿ ‘sprout’
ii-Yiii	/ne/	<ꆀ>	ꀡꆀ ‘mud’
ii-Yiii	/ne̙/	<ꆁ>	ꆁꆂꅝ ‘nurse’
ii-Yiii	/ne̙/	<ꆂ>	ꀌꆂꊥ ‘stubborn’
ii-Yiii	/ne̙/	<ꆃ>	ꆃꇤ ‘squash’
ii-Yiii	/nä̙/	<ꆄ>	ꆄꈻ ‘disease’
ii-Yiii	/nä̙/	<ꆅ>	ꀽꍹꆅ ‘have malaria’
ii-Yiii	/nä̙/	<ꆆ>	ꐃꆆ ‘forcefully (urged)’
ii-Yiii	/no̙/	<ꆇ>	ꆇꅉꍰꅉ ‘move quietly’
ii-Yiii	/no̙/	<ꆈ>	ꀉꆈ ‘black’
ii-Yiii	/no̙/	<ꆉ>	ꇆꆉ ‘deep forest’
ii-Yiii	/no/	<ꆊ>	ꆊ ‘meat’
ii-Yiii	/no/	<ꆋ>	ꆋꌅ ‘status’
ii-Yiii	/no/	<ꆌ>	ꆌ ‘equal’
ii-Yiii	/no/	<ꆍ>	ꆍꊇ ‘you (plural)’
ii-Yiii	/nɤ/	<ꆎ>	ꉉꆎ ‘teachable’
ii-Yiii	/nɤ/	<ꆏ>	ꑬꆏ ‘rest’
ii-Yiii	/nɤ/	<ꆐ>	ꆐꑊ ‘you (dual)’
ii-Yiii	/nʉ̙/	<ꆑ>	ꆑ ‘dent’
ii-Yiii	/nʉ/	<ꆒ>	ꆔꇐꆒꇐ ‘soft’
ii-Yiii	/nʉ/	<ꆓ>	ꆓ ‘leprosy’
ii-Yiii	/nʉ/	<ꆔ>	ꁞꆔꀕ ‘tender’
ii-Yiii	/nʉ̙/	<ꆕ>	ꆕꈓ ‘unsociable’
ii-Yiii	/nʉ̙/	<ꆖ>	ꆖꂷ ‘soybean’

Dentals

/n̪/ - dental nasal

None

/n̪ʲ/ - palatalized dental nasal

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
ru-Cyrl	<нь>	день ‘day’
ru-Cyrl	<н>	нёс ‘carried’	Preceding ‹я, ё, е, ю, и›

Linguolabials

/n̼/ - linguolabial nasal

None