Ṅa (Indic)

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Ṅa
Example glyphs
Bengali–Assamese
Tibetan
Tamil
Thai	ง
Malayalam	ങ
Sinhala	ඞ
Ashoka Brahmi
Devanagari
Cognates
Hebrew	נ ,ן
Greek	Ν
Latin	N
Cyrillic	Н
Properties
Phonemic representation	/ŋ/
IAST transliteration	nga Nga
ISCII code point	B7 (183)

Indic letters
Consonants
Ka Ca Ṭa Ta Pa Ya Śa Kha Cha Ṭha Tha Pha Ra Ṣa Ga Ja Ḍa Da Ba La Sa Gha Jha Ḍha Dha Bha Va Ha Ṅa Ña Ṇa Na Ma Ḷa Ḻa Ṟa
Vowels
A I U Ṛ Ḷ E O Ā Ī Ū Ṝ Ḹ Ai Au
Other marks
Chandrabindu Anusvara Visarga Virama Nuqta Avagraha
Punctuation
Daṇḍa
v t e

Ṅa is the fifth consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, It is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Āryabhaṭa numeration

Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of ङ are:^[1]

• ङ [ŋə] = 5 (५)
• ङि [ŋɪ] = 500 (५००)
• ङु [ŋʊ] = 50,000 (५० ०००)
• ङृ [ŋri] = 5,000,000 (५० ०० ०००)
• ङॢ [ŋlə] = 5×10⁸ (५०^८)
• ङे [ŋe] = 5×10¹⁰ (५०^१०)
• ङै [ŋɛː] = 5×10¹² (५०^१२)
• ङो [ŋoː] = 5×10¹⁴ (५०^१४)
• ङौ [ŋɔː] = 5×10¹⁶ (५०^१६)

Historic Nga

There are three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi and its variants, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian, the so-called slanting Brahmi. Nga as found in standard Brahmi, was a simple geometric shape, with variations toward more flowing forms by the Gupta . The Tocharian Nga did not have an alternate Fremdzeichen form. Unlike the other early Brahmic scripts, Kharoṣṭhī did not have a letter Nga.

Brahmi Nga

The Brahmi letter , Nga, is probably derived from the altered Aramaic Nun , and is thus related to the modern Latin N and Greek Nu (letter). Several identifiable styles of writing the Brahmi Nga can be found, most associated with a specific set of inscriptions from an artifact or diverse records from an historic period.^[2] As the earliest and most geometric style of Brahmi, the letters found on the Edicts of Ashoka and other records from around that time are normally the reference form for Brahmi letters, with vowel marks not attested until later forms of Brahmi back-formed to match the geometric writing style.

Brahmi Nga historic forms

Ashoka (3rd-1st c. BCE)	Girnar (~150 BCE)	Kushana (~150-250 CE)	Gujarat (~250 CE)	Gupta (~350 CE)
	No sample

Tocharian Nga

The Tocharian letter is derived from the Brahmi , but does not have an alternate Fremdzeichen form.

Tocharian Nga with vowel marks

Nga	Ngā	Ngi	Ngī	Ngu	Ngū	Ngr	Ngr̄	Nge	Ngai	Ngo	Ngau	Ngä

Devanagari script

Devanāgarī
Abugida Brahmic scripts Inherent vowel
Languages Hindi Marathi Nepali Konkani Maithili Sindhi Bodo Pali Prakrit Sanskrit and more
Transliteration IAST Hunterian NLK ISO 15919 Harvard-Kyoto ITRANS Velthuis SLP1 WX notation (ISCII)
Vowels and syllabic consonants अ a ॲ æ ऄ आ (का) ā इ (कि) i ई (की) ī उ (कु) u ऊ (कू) ū ॶ (कॖ) ॷ (कॗ) ऋ (कृ) r̥ ॠ (कॄ) r̥̄ ऌ (कॢ) l̥ ॡ (कॣ) l̥̄ ए (के) ē ऍ (कॅ) ê ऎ (कॆ) e ऐ (कै) ai (कॕ) (कॎ) ओ (को) ō ऑ (कॉ) ô ऒ (कॊ) o औ (कौ) au ॳ (कऺ) ॴ (कऻ) ॵ (कॏ) (Schwa deletion)
Consonants क k क़ q ख kh ख़ k̲h̲ ग g ग़ ġ ॻ gg घ gh ङ ṅ च c छ ch ज j ज़ z ॼ jj ॹ ž झ jh झ़ zh ञ ñ ट ṭ ठ ṭh ड ḍ ड़ ṛ ॾ ḍḍ ॸ ḍ ढ ḍh ढ़ ṛh ण ṇ त t थ th द d ध dh न n ऩ ṉ प p फ ph फ़ f ब b ॿ bb भ bh म m य y य़ ẏ ॺ र r ऱ ṟ ळ ḷ ऴ ḻ ल l व v श ś ष ṣ स s ह h ॽ (Conjuncts)
Diacritics, punctuation, symbols अं ṁ अः ḥ अँ m̐ अऀ ऽ ’ क़ क् ३ 3 ᳵ ẖ ᳶ ḫ अ॑ ` अ॒ _ अ॓ अ॔ ॐ aum̐ । ॥ ॰ ॱ ₹ INR and more (Devanagari (Unicode block) Devanagari Extended Devanagari Extended-A Vedic Extensions)
Numerals ० 0 १ 1 २ 2 ३ 3 ४ 4 ५ 5 ६ 6 ७ 7 ८ 8 ९ 9 Āryabhaṭa Akṣarapallī Bhūtasaṃkhyā Kaṭapayādi
v t e

Ṅa (ङ) is the fifth consonant of the Devanagari abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter , after having gone through the Gupta letter . Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter ઙ and the Modi letter 𑘒.

Devanagari-using Languages

In all languages, ङ is pronounced as [ŋə] or [ŋ] when appropriate. Like all Indic scripts, Devanagari uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:

Devanagari ङ with vowel marks

Ṅa	Ṅā	Ṅi	Ṅī	Ṅu	Ṅū	Ṅr	Ṅr̄	Ṅl	Ṅl̄	Ṅe	Ṅai	Ṅo	Ṅau	Ṅ
ङ	ङा	ङि	ङी	ङु	ङू	ङृ	ङॄ	ङॢ	ङॣ	ङे	ङै	ङो	ङौ	ङ्

Conjuncts with ङ

Devanagari exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts. In modern Devanagari texts, most conjuncts are formed by reducing the letter shape to fit tightly to the following letter, usually by dropping a character's vertical stem, sometimes referred to as a "half form". Some conjunct clusters are always represented by a true ligature, instead of a shape that can be broken into constituent independent letters. Vertically stacked conjuncts are ubiquitous in older texts, while only a few are still used routinely in modern Devanagari texts. Lacking a vertical stem to drop for making a half form, Ṅa either forms a stacked conjunct/ligature, or uses its full form with Virama. The use of ligatures and vertical conjuncts may vary across languages using the Devanagari script, with Marathi in particular avoiding their use where texts in other languages would use them.^[3]

Ligature conjuncts of ङ

True ligatures are quite rare in Indic scripts. The most common ligated conjuncts in Devanagari are in the form of a slight mutation to fit in context or as a consistent variant form appended to the adjacent characters. Those variants include Na and the Repha and Rakar forms of Ra. Nepali and Marathi texts use the "eyelash" Ra half form for an initial "R" instead of repha.

• Repha र্ (r) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature rŋa: ^note

• Eyelash र্ (r) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature rŋa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature ŋra:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + य (ya) gives the ligature ŋya:

Stacked conjuncts of ङ

Vertically stacked ligatures are the most common conjunct forms found in Devanagari text. Although the constituent characters may need to be stretched and moved slightly in order to stack neatly, stacked conjuncts can be broken down into recognizable base letters, or a letter and an otherwise standard ligature.

• भ্ (bʰ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature bʰŋa:

• ब্ (b) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature bŋa:

• छ্ (cʰ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature cʰŋa:

• च্ (c) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature cŋa:

• ढ্ (ḍʱ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature ḍʱŋa:

• ड্ (ḍ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature ḍŋa:

• ध্ (dʱ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature dʱŋa:

• द্ (d) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature dŋa:

• घ্ (ɡʱ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature ɡʱŋa:

• झ্ (jʰ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature jʰŋa:

• ज্ (j) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature jŋa:

• ख্ (kʰ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature kʰŋa:

• क্ (k) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature kŋa:

• ळ্ (ḷ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature ḷŋa:

• म্ (m) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature mŋa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ब (ba) gives the ligature ŋba:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + भ (bʰa) gives the ligature ŋbʰa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + च (ca) gives the ligature ŋca:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + छ (cʰa) gives the ligature ŋcʰa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + द (da) gives the ligature ŋda:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ड (ḍa) gives the ligature ŋḍa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ढ (ḍʱa) gives the ligature ŋḍʱa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ध (dʱa) gives the ligature ŋdʱa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ग (ga) gives the ligature ŋga:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + घ (ɡʱa) gives the ligature ŋɡʱa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ह (ha) gives the ligature ŋha:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ज (ja) gives the ligature ŋja:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + झ (jʰa) gives the ligature ŋjʰa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ŋjña:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + क (ka) gives the ligature ŋka:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ख (kʰa) gives the ligature ŋkʰa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + क্ (k) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature ŋkra:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + क্ (k) + ष (ṣa) gives the ligature ŋkṣa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + क্ (k) + ष্ (ṣ) + य (ya) gives the ligature ŋkṣya:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + क্ (k) + त (ta) gives the ligature ŋkta:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ल (la) gives the ligature ŋla:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ळ (ḷa) gives the ligature ŋḷa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + म (ma) gives the ligature ŋma:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + न (na) gives the ligature ŋna:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature ŋŋa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ण (ṇa) gives the ligature ŋṇa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ŋña:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + प (pa) gives the ligature ŋpa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + फ (pʰa) gives the ligature ŋpʰa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + स (sa) gives the ligature ŋsa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + श (ʃa) gives the ligature ŋʃa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ष (ṣa) gives the ligature ŋṣa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + त (ta) gives the ligature ŋta:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + थ (tʰa) gives the ligature ŋtʰa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ट (ṭa) gives the ligature ŋṭa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + ठ (ṭʰa) gives the ligature ŋṭʰa:

• ङ্ (ŋ) + व (va) gives the ligature ŋva:

• फ্ (pʰ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature pʰŋa:

• प্ (p) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature pŋa:

• Repha र্ (r) + ङ্ (ŋ) + ग (ga) gives the ligature rŋga:

• ष্ (ṣ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature ṣŋa:

• थ্ (tʰ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature tʰŋa:

• ठ্ (ṭʰ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature ṭʰŋa:

• ट্ (ṭ) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature ṭŋa:

• व্ (v) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature vŋa:

• य্ (y) + ङ (ŋa) gives the ligature yŋa:

Bengali script

The Bengali script ঙ is derived from the Siddhaṃ , and has no horizontal head line, and a less geometric shape than its Devanagari counterpart, ङ. The inherent vowel of Bengali consonant letters is /ɔ/, so the bare letter ঙ will sometimes be transliterated as "ngo" instead of "nga". Adding okar, the "o" vowel mark, gives a reading of /ŋo/. Like all Indic consonants, ঙ can be modified by marks to indicate another (or no) vowel than its inherent "a".

Bengali ঙ with vowel marks

nga	ngā	ngi	ngī	ngu	ngū	ngr	ngr̄	nge	ngai	ngo	ngau	ng
ঙ	ঙা	ঙি	ঙী	ঙু	ঙূ	ঙৃ	ঙৄ	ঙে	ঙৈ	ঙো	ঙৌ	ঙ্

ঙ in Bengali-using languages

ঙ is used as a basic consonant character in all of the major Bengali script orthographies, including Bengali and Assamese.

Conjuncts with ঙ

Bengali ঙ exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts, with both stacked and unstacked ligatures being common.^[4]

• ঙ্ (ŋ) + গ (ga) gives the ligature ŋga:

• ঙ্ (ŋ) + ঘ (ɡʱa) gives the ligature ŋɡʱa:

• ঙ্ (ŋ) + ঘ্ (ɡʱ) + র (ra) gives the ligature ŋɡʱra, with the ra phala suffix:

• ঙ্ (ŋ) + ঘ্ (ɡʱ) + য (ya) gives the ligature ŋɡʱya, with the ya phala suffix:

• ঙ্ (ŋ) + গ্ (g) + য (ya) gives the ligature ŋgya, with the ya phala suffix:

• ঙ্ (ŋ) + ক (ka) gives the ligature ŋka:

• ঙ্ (ŋ) + খ (kʰa) gives the ligature ŋkʰa:

• ঙ্ (ŋ) + ক্ (k) + র (ra) gives the ligature ŋkra, with the ra phala suffix:

• ঙ্ (ŋ) + ক্ (k) + শ (ʃa) gives the ligature ŋkʃa:

• ঙ্ (ŋ) + ক্ (k) + য (ya) gives the ligature ŋkya, with the ya phala suffix:

• ঙ্ (ŋ) + ম (ma) gives the ligature ŋma:

Gujarati Ṅa

Ṅa (ઙ) is the fifth consonant of the Gujarati abugida. It is derived from the 16th century Devanagari Ṅa with the top bar (shirorekha) removed, and ultimately from the Brahmi letter .

Gujarati-using Languages

The Gujarati script is used to write the Gujarati and Kutchi languages. In both languages, ઙ is pronounced as [ŋə] or [ŋ] when appropriate. Like all Indic scripts, Gujarati uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:

Ṅa	Ṅā	Ṅi	Ṅī	Ṅu	Ṅū	Ṅr	Ṅl	Ṅr̄	Ṅl̄	Ṅĕ	Ṅe	Ṅai	Ṅŏ	Ṅo	Ṅau	Ṅ
Gujarati Ṅa syllables, with vowel marks in red.

Conjuncts with ઙ

Gujarati ઙ exhibits conjunct ligatures, much like its parent Devanagari Script. While most Gujarati conjuncts can only be formed by reducing the letter shape to create a "half form" that fits tightly to following letter, Ṅa does not have a half form. A few conjunct clusters can be represented by a true ligature, instead of a shape that can be broken into constituent independent letters, and vertically stacked conjuncts can also be found in Gujarati, although much less commonly than in Devanagari. Lacking a half form, Ṅa will normally use an explicit virama when forming conjuncts without a true ligature. True ligatures are quite rare in Indic scripts. The most common ligated conjuncts in Gujarati are in the form of a slight mutation to fit in context or as a consistent variant form appended to the adjacent characters. Those variants include Na and the Repha and Rakar forms of Ra.

• ર્ (r) + ઙ (ŋa) gives the ligature RṄa:

• ઙ્ (ŋ) + ર (ra) gives the ligature ṄRa:

• ઙ્ (ŋ) + ક (ka) gives the ligature ṄKa:

• ઙ્ (ŋ) + ક (ka) ષ (ʂa) gives the ligature ṄKṢa:

Gurmukhi script

Ṅaṅā [ŋɑŋːɑ̃] (ਙ) is the tenth letter of the Gurmukhi alphabet. Its name is [ŋɑŋːɑ̃] and is pronounced as /ŋ/ when used in words. It is derived from the Laṇḍā letter ṅa, and ultimately from the Brahmi ṅa. Gurmukhi ṅaṅā does not have a special pairin or addha (reduced) form for making conjuncts, and in modern Punjabi texts do not take a half form or halant to indicate the bare consonant /ŋ/, although Gurmukhi Sanskrit texts may use an explicit halant. Ṅaṅā is rarely used. It cannot begin a syllable or be placed between two consonants, and occurs most often as an allophone of /n/ before specific consonant phonemes.

Burmese script

Nga(င) is the fifth letter of the Burmese script.

Thai script

Ngo ngu (ง) is the seventh letter of the Thai script. It falls under the low class of Thai consonants. In IPA, ngo ngu is pronounced as [ŋ] at the beginning of a syllable and at the end of a syllable. Unlike many Indic scripts, Thai consonants do not form conjunct ligatures, and use the pinthu—an explicit virama with a dot shape—to indicate bare consonants. In the acrophony of the Thai script, ngu (งู) means ‘snake’. Ngo ngu corresponds to the Sanskrit character ‘ङ’.

Javanese script

Telugu Ṅa

Ṅa (ఙ) is a consonant of the Telugu abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter . It is closely related to the Kannada letter ಙ. Since it lacks the v-shaped headstroke common to most Telugu letters, ఙ remains unaltered by most vowel matras, and its subjoined form is simply a smaller version of the normal letter shape. Telugu conjuncts are created by reducing trailing letters to a subjoined form that appears below the initial consonant of the conjunct. Many subjoined forms are created by dropping their headline, with many extending the end of the stroke of the main letter body to form an extended tail reaching up to the right of the preceding consonant. This subjoining of trailing letters to create conjuncts is in contrast to the leading half forms of Devanagari and Bengali letters. Ligature conjuncts are not a feature in Telugu, with the only non-standard construction being an alternate subjoined form of Ṣa (borrowed from Kannada) in the KṢa conjunct.

Malayalam Ṅa

Ṅa (ങ) is a consonant of the Malayalam abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter , via the Grantha letter Nga. Like in other Indic scripts, Malayalam consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Conjuncts of ങ

As is common in Indic scripts, Malayalam joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. There are several ways in which conjuncts are formed in Malayalam texts: using a post-base form of a trailing consonant placed under the initial consonant of a conjunct, a combined ligature of two or more consonants joined together, a conjoining form that appears as a combining mark on the rest of the conjunct, the use of an explicit candrakkala mark to suppress the inherent "a" vowel, or a special consonant form called a "chillu" letter, representing a bare consonant without the inherent "a" vowel. Texts written with the modern reformed Malayalam orthography, put̪iya lipi, may favor more regular conjunct forms than older texts in paḻaya lipi, due to changes undertaken in the 1970s by the Government of Kerala.

• ങ് (ŋ) + ക (ka) gives the ligature ŋka:

• ങ് (ŋ) + ങ (ŋa) gives the ligature ŋŋa:

Odia Ṅa

Ṅa (ଙ) is a consonant of the Odia abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter , via the Siddhaṃ letter Nga. Like in other Indic scripts, Odia consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Odia Nga with vowel matras

Ṅa	Ṅā	Ṅi	Ṅī	Ṅu	Ṅū	Ṅr̥	Ṅr̥̄	Ṅl̥	Ṅl̥̄	Ṅe	Ṅai	Ṅo	Ṅau	Ṅ
ଙ	ଙା	ଙି	ଙୀ	ଙୁ	ଙୂ	ଙୃ	ଙୄ	ଙୢ	ଙୣ	ଙେ	ଙୈ	ଙୋ	ଙୌ	ଙ୍

Conjuncts of ଙ

As is common in Indic scripts, Odia joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a small subjoined form of trailing consonants. Most consonants' subjoined forms are identical to the full form, just reduced in size, although a few drop the curved headline or have a subjoined form not directly related to the full form of the consonant. The second type of conjunct formation is through pure ligatures, where the constituent consonants are written together in a single graphic form. This ligature may be recognizable as being a combination of two characters or it can have a conjunct ligature unrelated to its constituent characters.

• ଙ୍ (ŋ) + କ (ka) gives the ligature ŋka:

• ଙ୍ (ŋ) + ଖ (kʰa) gives the ligature ŋkʰa:

• ଙ୍ (ŋ) + ଗ (ga) gives the ligature ŋga:

• ଙ୍ (ŋ) + ଘ (ɡʱa) gives the ligature ŋɡʱa:

• ର୍ (r) + ଙ (ŋa) gives the ligature rŋa:

• ଙ୍ (ŋ) + ର (ra) gives the ligature ŋra:

Kaithi Ṅa

Ṅa (𑂑) is a consonant of the Kaithi abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter , via the Siddhaṃ letter Nga. Like in other Indic scripts, Kaithi consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Kaithi Nga with vowel matras

Nga	Ngā	Ngi	Ngī	Ngu	Ngū	Nge	Ngai	Ngo	Ngau	Ng
𑂑	𑂑𑂰	𑂑𑂱	𑂑𑂲	𑂑𑂳	𑂑𑂴	𑂑𑂵	𑂑𑂶	𑂑𑂷	𑂑𑂸	𑂑𑂹

Conjuncts of 𑂑

As is common in Indic scripts, Kaithi joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a half form of preceding consonants, although several consonants use an explicit virama. Most half forms are derived from the full form by removing the vertical stem. As is common in most Indic scripts, conjucts of ra are indicated with a repha or rakar mark attached to the rest of the consonant cluster. In addition, there are a few vertical conjuncts that can be found in Kaithi writing, but true ligatures are not used in the modern Kaithi script.

• 𑂩୍ (r) + 𑂑 (ŋa) gives the ligature rŋa:

Comparison of Ṅa

The various Indic scripts are generally related to each other through adaptation and borrowing, and as such the glyphs for cognate letters, including Ṅa, are related as well.

Comparison of Ṅa in different scripts

Aramaic Kharoṣṭhī - Ashoka Brahmi Kushana Brahmi[a] Tocharian[b] Gupta Brahmi Pallava Kadamba - Bhaiksuki 𑰒 Siddhaṃ Grantha 𑌙 Cham ꨋ Sinhala ඞ Pyu / Old Mon[c] - Tibetan Newa 𑐒 Ahom 𑜂 Malayalam ങ Telugu ఙ Burmese င Lepcha ᰅ Ranjana Saurashtra ꢖ Dives Akuru 𑤐 Kannada ಙ Kayah Li ꤍ Limbu ᤅ Soyombo[d] 𑩠 Khmer ង Tamil Chakma 𑄋 Tai Tham ᨦ Meitei Mayek ꯡ Gaudi - Thai ง Lao ງ Tai Le ᥒ Marchen 𑱵 Tirhuta 𑒓 New Tai Lue ᦇ / ᦄ Tai Viet ꪉ / ꪈ Aksara Kawi 'Phags-pa ꡃ Odia ଙ Sharada 𑆕 Rejang ꤲ Batak ᯝ Buginese ᨂ Zanabazar Square 𑨏 Bengali-Assamese Takri 𑚎 Javanese ꦔ Balinese ᬗ Makasar 𑻢 Hangul[e] - Northern Nagari - Dogri 𑠎 Laṇḍā - Sundanese ᮍ Baybayin ᜅ Modi 𑘒 Gujarati ઙ Khojki 𑈍 Khudabadi 𑊿 Mahajani - Tagbanwa ᝥ Devanagari Nandinagari 𑦲 Kaithi Gurmukhi ਙ Multani - Buhid ᝅ Canadian Syllabics[f] - Soyombo[g] 𑩠 Sylheti Nagari - Gunjala Gondi 𑶄 Masaram Gondi[h] 𑴐 Hanuno'o ᜥ Notes ^ The middle "Kushana" form of Brahmi is a later style that emerged as Brahmi scripts were beginning to proliferate. Gupta Brahmi was definitely a stylistic descendant from Kushana, but other Brahmi-derived scripts may have descended from earlier forms. ^ Tocharian is probably derived from the middle period "Kushana" form of Brahmi, although artifacts from that time are not plentiful enough to establish a definite succession. ^ Pyu and Old Mon are probably the precursors of the Burmese script, and may be derived from either the Pallava or Kadamba script ^ May also be derived from Devangari (see bottom left of table) ^ The Origin of Hangul from 'Phags-pa is one of limited influence, inspiring at most a few basic letter shapes. Hangul does not function as an Indic abugida. ^ Although the basic letter forms of the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics were derived from handwritten Devanagari letters, this abugida indicates vowel sounds by rotations of the letter form, rather than the use of vowel diacritics as is standard in Indic abugidas. ^ May also be derived from Ranjana (see above) ^ Masaram Gondi acts as an Indic abugida, but its letterforms were not derived from any single precursor script.

Character encodings of Ṅa

Most Indic scripts are encoded in the Unicode Standard, and as such the letter Ṅa in those scripts can be represented in plain text with unique codepoint. Ṅa from several modern-use scripts can also be found in legacy encodings, such as ISCII.

Character information

Preview							ඞ		ଙ		ఙ		ങ		ઙ		ਙ
Unicode name	DEVANAGARI LETTER NGA		BENGALI LETTER NGA		TAMIL LETTER NGA		SINHALA LETTER KANTAJA NAASIKYAYA		ORIYA LETTER NGA		TELUGU LETTER NGA		MALAYALAM LETTER NGA		GUJARATI LETTER NGA		GURMUKHI LETTER NGA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	2329	U+0919	2457	U+0999	2969	U+0B99	3486	U+0D9E	2841	U+0B19	3097	U+0C19	3353	U+0D19	2713	U+0A99	2585	U+0A19
UTF-8	224 164 153	E0 A4 99	224 166 153	E0 A6 99	224 174 153	E0 AE 99	224 182 158	E0 B6 9E	224 172 153	E0 AC 99	224 176 153	E0 B0 99	224 180 153	E0 B4 99	224 170 153	E0 AA 99	224 168 153	E0 A8 99
Numeric character reference	ङ	ङ	ঙ	ঙ	ங	ங	ඞ	ඞ	ଙ	ଙ	ఙ	ఙ	ങ	ങ	ઙ	ઙ	ਙ	ਙ
ISCII	183	B7	183	B7	183	B7	183	B7	183	B7	183	B7	183	B7	183	B7	183	B7

Character information

Preview	Ashoka Kushana Gupta				𑌙
Unicode name	BRAHMI LETTER NGA		SIDDHAM LETTER NGA		GRANTHA LETTER NGA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	69655	U+11017	71058	U+11592	70425	U+11319
UTF-8	240 145 128 151	F0 91 80 97	240 145 150 146	F0 91 96 92	240 145 140 153	F0 91 8C 99
UTF-16	55300 56343	D804 DC17	55301 56722	D805 DD92	55300 57113	D804 DF19
Numeric character reference	𑀗	𑀗	𑖒	𑖒	𑌙	𑌙

Character information

Preview			ྔ		ꡃ		𑨏		𑐒		𑰒		𑆕
Unicode name	TIBETAN LETTER NGA		TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER NGA		PHAGS-PA LETTER NGA		ZANABAZAR SQUARE LETTER NGA		NEWA LETTER NGA		BHAIKSUKI LETTER NGA		SHARADA LETTER NGA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	3908	U+0F44	3988	U+0F94	43075	U+A843	72207	U+11A0F	70674	U+11412	72722	U+11C12	70037	U+11195
UTF-8	224 189 132	E0 BD 84	224 190 148	E0 BE 94	234 161 131	EA A1 83	240 145 168 143	F0 91 A8 8F	240 145 144 146	F0 91 90 92	240 145 176 146	F0 91 B0 92	240 145 134 149	F0 91 86 95
UTF-16	3908	0F44	3988	0F94	43075	A843	55302 56847	D806 DE0F	55301 56338	D805 DC12	55303 56338	D807 DC12	55300 56725	D804 DD95
Numeric character reference	ང	ང	ྔ	ྔ	ꡃ	ꡃ	𑨏	𑨏	𑐒	𑐒	𑰒	𑰒	𑆕	𑆕

Character information

Preview	ᦇ		ᦄ		ᧂ
Unicode name	NEW TAI LUE LETTER LOW NGA		NEW TAI LUE LETTER HIGH NGA		NEW TAI LUE LETTER FINAL NG
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	6535	U+1987	6532	U+1984	6594	U+19C2
UTF-8	225 166 135	E1 A6 87	225 166 132	E1 A6 84	225 167 130	E1 A7 82
Numeric character reference	ᦇ	ᦇ	ᦄ	ᦄ	ᧂ	ᧂ

• See further below for Burmese and Tai Tham codepoints.

Character information

Preview	ង		ງ		ง		ꪉ		ꪈ
Unicode name	KHMER LETTER NGO		LAO LETTER NGO		THAI CHARACTER NGO NGU		TAI VIET LETTER HIGH NGO		TAI VIET LETTER LOW NGO
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	6020	U+1784	3719	U+0E87	3591	U+0E07	43657	U+AA89	43656	U+AA88
UTF-8	225 158 132	E1 9E 84	224 186 135	E0 BA 87	224 184 135	E0 B8 87	234 170 137	EA AA 89	234 170 136	EA AA 88
Numeric character reference	ង	ង	ງ	ງ	ง	ง	ꪉ	ꪉ	ꪈ	ꪈ

Character information

Preview	ಙ		ꤍ		𑄋		ᥒ		𑜂		𑤐		ꢖ		ꨋ
Unicode name	KANNADA LETTER NGA		KAYAH LI LETTER NGA		CHAKMA LETTER NGAA		TAI LE LETTER NGA		AHOM LETTER NGA		DIVES AKURU LETTER NGA		SAURASHTRA LETTER NGA		CHAM LETTER NGA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	3225	U+0C99	43277	U+A90D	69899	U+1110B	6482	U+1952	71426	U+11702	71952	U+11910	43158	U+A896	43531	U+AA0B
UTF-8	224 178 153	E0 B2 99	234 164 141	EA A4 8D	240 145 132 139	F0 91 84 8B	225 165 146	E1 A5 92	240 145 156 130	F0 91 9C 82	240 145 164 144	F0 91 A4 90	234 162 150	EA A2 96	234 168 139	EA A8 8B
UTF-16	3225	0C99	43277	A90D	55300 56587	D804 DD0B	6482	1952	55301 57090	D805 DF02	55302 56592	D806 DD10	43158	A896	43531	AA0B
Numeric character reference	ಙ	ಙ	ꤍ	ꤍ	𑄋	𑄋	ᥒ	ᥒ	𑜂	𑜂	𑤐	𑤐	ꢖ	ꢖ	ꨋ	ꨋ

Character information

Preview	𑘒		𑦲		𑩠		𑶄
Unicode name	MODI LETTER NGA		NANDINAGARI LETTER NGA		SOYOMBO LETTER NGA		GUNJALA GONDI LETTER NGA		KAITHI LETTER NGA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	71186	U+11612	72114	U+119B2	72288	U+11A60	73092	U+11D84	69777	U+11091
UTF-8	240 145 152 146	F0 91 98 92	240 145 166 178	F0 91 A6 B2	240 145 169 160	F0 91 A9 A0	240 145 182 132	F0 91 B6 84	240 145 130 145	F0 91 82 91
UTF-16	55301 56850	D805 DE12	55302 56754	D806 DDB2	55302 56928	D806 DE60	55303 56708	D807 DD84	55300 56465	D804 DC91
Numeric character reference	𑘒	𑘒	𑦲	𑦲	𑩠	𑩠	𑶄	𑶄	𑂑	𑂑

Character information

Preview	𑒓		ᰅ		ᤅ		ꯡ		𑱵
Unicode name	TIRHUTA LETTER NGA		LEPCHA LETTER NGA		LIMBU LETTER NGA		MEETEI MAYEK LETTER NGOU LONSUM		MARCHEN LETTER NGA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	70803	U+11493	7173	U+1C05	6405	U+1905	44001	U+ABE1	72821	U+11C75
UTF-8	240 145 146 147	F0 91 92 93	225 176 133	E1 B0 85	225 164 133	E1 A4 85	234 175 161	EA AF A1	240 145 177 181	F0 91 B1 B5
UTF-16	55301 56467	D805 DC93	7173	1C05	6405	1905	44001	ABE1	55303 56437	D807 DC75
Numeric character reference	𑒓	𑒓	ᰅ	ᰅ	ᤅ	ᤅ	ꯡ	ꯡ	𑱵	𑱵

Character information

Preview	𑚎		𑠎		𑈍		𑊿
Unicode name	TAKRI LETTER NGA		DOGRA LETTER NGA		KHOJKI LETTER NGA		KHUDAWADI LETTER NGA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	71310	U+1168E	71694	U+1180E	70157	U+1120D	70335	U+112BF
UTF-8	240 145 154 142	F0 91 9A 8E	240 145 160 142	F0 91 A0 8E	240 145 136 141	F0 91 88 8D	240 145 138 191	F0 91 8A BF
UTF-16	55301 56974	D805 DE8E	55302 56334	D806 DC0E	55300 56845	D804 DE0D	55300 57023	D804 DEBF
Numeric character reference	𑚎	𑚎	𑠎	𑠎	𑈍	𑈍	𑊿	𑊿

Character information

Preview	ᬗ		ᯝ		ᨂ		ꦔ		𑻢		ꤲ		ᮍ
Unicode name	BALINESE LETTER NGA		BATAK LETTER NGA		BUGINESE LETTER NGA		JAVANESE LETTER NGA		MAKASAR LETTER NGA		REJANG LETTER NGA		SUNDANESE LETTER NGA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	6935	U+1B17	7133	U+1BDD	6658	U+1A02	43412	U+A994	73442	U+11EE2	43314	U+A932	7053	U+1B8D
UTF-8	225 172 151	E1 AC 97	225 175 157	E1 AF 9D	225 168 130	E1 A8 82	234 166 148	EA A6 94	240 145 187 162	F0 91 BB A2	234 164 178	EA A4 B2	225 174 141	E1 AE 8D
UTF-16	6935	1B17	7133	1BDD	6658	1A02	43412	A994	55303 57058	D807 DEE2	43314	A932	7053	1B8D
Numeric character reference	ᬗ	ᬗ	ᯝ	ᯝ	ᨂ	ᨂ	ꦔ	ꦔ	𑻢	𑻢	ꤲ	ꤲ	ᮍ	ᮍ

Character information

Preview	ᜅ		ᝥ		ᝅ		ᜥ		𑴐
Unicode name	TAGALOG LETTER NGA		TAGBANWA LETTER NGA		BUHID LETTER NGA		HANUNOO LETTER NGA		MASARAM GONDI LETTER NGA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	5893	U+1705	5989	U+1765	5957	U+1745	5925	U+1725	72976	U+11D10
UTF-8	225 156 133	E1 9C 85	225 157 165	E1 9D A5	225 157 133	E1 9D 85	225 156 165	E1 9C A5	240 145 180 144	F0 91 B4 90
UTF-16	5893	1705	5989	1765	5957	1745	5925	1725	55303 56592	D807 DD10
Numeric character reference	ᜅ	ᜅ	ᝥ	ᝥ	ᝅ	ᝅ	ᜥ	ᜥ	𑴐	𑴐

Character information

Preview	င		င်္		ᨦ		ᩙ		ᩘ
Unicode name	MYANMAR LETTER NGA		Myanmar superscript NGA		TAI THAM LETTER NGA		TAI THAM CONSONANT SIGN FINAL NGA		TAI THAM SIGN MAI KANG LAI
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4100	U+1004	4100 4154 4153	U+1004+103A+1039	6694	U+1A26	6745	U+1A59	6744	U+1A58
UTF-8	225 128 132	E1 80 84	225 128 132 225 128 186 225 128 185	E1 80 84 E1 80 BA E1 80 B9	225 168 166	E1 A8 A6	225 169 153	E1 A9 99	225 169 152	E1 A9 98
Numeric character reference	င	င	င်္	င်္	ᨦ	ᨦ	ᩙ	ᩙ	ᩘ	ᩘ

References

• Kurt Elfering: Die Mathematik des Aryabhata I. Text, Übersetzung aus dem Sanskrit und Kommentar. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, München, 1975, ISBN 3-7705-1326-6
• Georges Ifrah: The Universal History of Numbers. From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000, ISBN 0-471-39340-1.
• B. L. van der Waerden: Erwachende Wissenschaft. Ägyptische, babylonische und griechische Mathematik. Birkhäuser-Verlag, Basel Stuttgart, 1966, ISBN 3-7643-0399-9
• Fleet, J. F. (January 1911). "Aryabhata's System of Expressing Numbers". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 43: 109–126. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00040995. ISSN 0035-869X. JSTOR 25189823.
• Fleet, J. F. (1911). "Aryabhata's System of Expressing Numbers". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 43. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland: 109–126. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00040995. JSTOR 25189823.

^note Conjuncts are identified by IAST transliteration, except aspirated consonants are indicated with a superscript "h" to distinguish from an unaspirated cononant + Ha, and the use of the IPA "ŋ" and "ʃ" instead of the less dinstinctive "ṅ" and "ś".