Nūn ġunnā, (; Unicode: ) is an additional letter of the Arabic script not used in the Arabic alphabet itself but used in Urdu, Saraiki, and Shahmukhi Punjabi to represent a nasal vowel, . In Shahmukhi, it is represented by the diacritic . It is a nasal vowel used in many Indo-Aryan languages and Iranian languages. It is represented by the International Phonetic Alphabet by the sound of . It is a dotless noon. In Saraiki and Balti, nūn ġunnā is sometimes written as ن٘.
Forms
Languages The following languages use nūn ġunnā: Urdu Punjabi Kashmiri Pashto Balochi Khowar Brahui Torwali Palula Burushaski Kalkoti Shina Indus Kohistani Ormuri Marwari Hindko Pahari-Pothwari Dogri Wanetsi Gawar-Bati Kurdish Shekhani Kalami Gujari Dameli Ushojo
See also ݨ ڑ ن ٹ ھ ڻ
External links Saraiki language, alphabet and pronunciation Urdu alphabet, pronunciation and language Pashto language and alphabet Punjabi language, alphabets and pronunciation Urdu: فلاں ، عریاں written/pronounced with ں instead of ن
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