EDIT International Phonetic Alphabet

+ Consonant
+ Sound example

+ Alternatives // unknown
+ Former versions // unknown
+ Origin // Latin alphabet, small letter
+ Visual characterization // small letter n with left tail

+ In the IPA since 1900
+ IPA number 118

+ This sound can be found in Albanian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, Greek, Indonesian, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish and Vietnamese.
+ Other // This symbol is a fusion of ›g‹ and ›n‹, because the sound occurs in the middle part of the French word ›digne‹.


Synonyms

English
+ Official name in the IPA // ›voiced palatal nasal‹
+ Left-tail n at left
+ Left-hook n


+ Source //
Principles of the International Phonetic Association, London, 1949. /
Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 1989. /
Wikipedia. Die Liste der IPA-Zeichen & History of the International Phonetic Alphabet. /
Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. /
Pullum, Geoffrey and William A. Ladusaw. Phonetic Symbol Guide. Second edition.

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