ന

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ/ or /nɐ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /n̪/ or /n/

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ന • (na)

1. The 34th letter of Malayalam alphabet, called ന (na). Historically there was another character to represent just the apical alveolar nasal (ഩ (ṉa)) and ന just for the dental one, nowadays it has become obsolete and ന represents both of them. Transliterated as n.

Word initially it could be pronounced as either /n̪/ or /n/ eg നീ /n̪iː/ "you" and ന്യൂനം /njuːnɐm/ "deficiency", medially could be pronounced as either /n/ eg ആന or /n̪/ eg നാനൂറ്; when geminated ന്ന it could be either /n̪ː/ or /nː/, it doesnt occur finally. word final /n/ is represented as ൻ; /n̪/ doesnt occur finally.

• (Malayalam script letters) അ,‎ ആ,‎ ഇ,‎ ഈ,‎ ഉ,‎ ഊ,‎ ഋ,‎ എ,‎ ഏ,‎ ഐ,‎ ഒ,‎ ഓ,‎ ഔ,‎ അം,‎ അഃ,‎ ക,‎ ഖ,‎ ഗ,‎ ഘ,‎ ങ,‎ ച,‎ ഛ,‎ ജ,‎ ഝ,‎ ഞ,‎ ട,‎ ഠ,‎ ഡ,‎ ഢ,‎ ണ,‎ ത,‎ ഥ,‎ ദ,‎ ധ,‎ ന,‎ പ,‎ ഫ,‎ ബ,‎ ഭ,‎ മ,‎ യ,‎ ര,‎ ല,‎ വ,‎ ശ,‎ ഷ,‎ സ,‎ ഹ,‎ ള,‎ ഴ,‎ റ,‎ ൺ,‎ ൻ,‎ ർ,‎ ൽ,‎ ൾ ^{(Category: Malayalam letters) [edit]}
• ന്ന (nna)