Graphemes for /ɳ/ and Related Phonemes
Retroflex
Section titled “Retroflex”/ɳ/ - retroflex nasal
| Writing System | Grapheme | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| dv-Thaa | <ޱ> | އުޱި | Outside of nasal-stop sequences (where it is written ‹ން› and is arguably an allophone of /n/) the nasal retroflex occurs only in the southern dialects and the corresponding grapheme is no longer considered part of the standard al |
| ne-Deva | <ण> | बाणं ‘arrow’ | Sanskrit loanwords? |