English
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Probably created by analogy with other names for nasal consonants em (m) and en (n).
The story
Probably created by analogy with other names for nasal consonants em (m) and en (n).
Today it means
noun The name of the Latin script letter Ŋ/ŋ, formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Sami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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