Ng or Ngaf ( or ) is an additional letter of the Arabic script, derived from kāf () with the addition of three dots above the letter. The letter was used in Ottoman Turkish to represent a velar and is still used for when writing Turkic languages.
Usage In Ottoman Turkish, it represented the velar . An example is the word (, 'sea'). The letter is used or has been used to write in: Chagatai Kazakh Kyrgyz Azerbaijani Uyghur
It is also used in Moroccan Arabic for .
The Xiao'erjing script variant is used to spell in Sinitic languages such as Mandarin (especially the Lanyin, Zhongyuan and Northeastern dialects) and the Dungan language.
Other characters used to represent Southeast Asian nga
This letter, derived from (), is used to represent in: the Jawi script,Daftar Kata Bahasa Melayu Rumi-Sebutan-Jawi, Dewan Bahasa Pustaka, 5th printing, 2006. for Acehnese Banjarese Kerinci Maguindanaon Malay Minangkabau Tausūg Ternate the Pegon script, for Javanese Sundanese Arabic Afrikaans, for Afrikaans historically, called ()
Wolof ngōn
This letter is also derived from . Called (), it is used in the Wolofal alphabet to represent in the Wolof language.Currah, Galien (26 August 2015) ORTHOGRAPHE WOLOFAL. Link (Archive) Two variants of kāf were also used: as in Turkic, and below.
Sindhi ngāf
Derived from the Perso-Arabic () and called , is used in Sindhi for when written in the Arabic script.
Tamil nga
This letter is also derived from , with three dots inside the descender, to represent in the Arwi script used for Tamil.
See also Kāf Ghayn Gaf Ayin Gueh, used in Sindhi and Saraiki
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