En with hook
En with hook is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter En by adding a hook to the right leg.
En with hook commonly represents the voiced velar nasal, like the pronunciation of in "sing", in Uralic languages.
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]
- Chukchi
- Koryak
- Kerek
- Alyutor
- Itelmen
[Uralic languages]
These include:
[Samoyedic languages]
- Enets
- Tundra Nenets
- Forest Nenets
- Nganasan
- Selkup
Other Uralic languages
- Kildin Sami
- Khanty
- Mansi
[Tungusic languages]
- Even
- Evenki
- Nanai
- Negidal
- Oroch
- Orok
- Udege
- Ulch
[Eskimo–Aleut languages]
- Aleut
- Chaplino dialect
Other languages
- Ket
- Nivkh
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