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Nūn ġuṇnā

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Nūn ġunnā,(Urdu:نُون غُنَّہ;Unicode:U+06BAںARABIC LETTER NOON GHUNNA) is an additional letter of theArabic scriptnot used in theArabic alphabetitself but used inUrdu,Saraiki,andShahmukhiPunjabi[1]to represent anasal vowel,[◌̃].In Shahmukhi, it is represented by thediacritic٘◌.

It is a nasalvowelused in manyIndo-Aryan languagesandIranian languages.It is represented by theInternational Phonetic Alphabetby the sound of ⟨◌̃⟩. It is a dotlessnoon.In Saraiki andBalti,nūn ġunnā is sometimes written as ن٘.

Forms

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Position in word Isolated Final Medial Initial
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ں ـں ـںـ ںـ
Position in word Isolated Final Medial Initial
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ن٘ ـن٘ ـن٘ـ ن٘ـ

Languages

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The following languages use nūn ġunnā:

  1. Urdu
  2. Punjabi
  3. Kashmiri
  4. Pashto
  5. Balochi
  6. Khowar
  7. Brahui
  8. Torwali
  9. Palula
  10. Burushaski
  11. Kalkoti
  12. Shina
  13. Indus Kohistani
  14. Ormuri
  15. Marwari
  16. Hindko
  17. Pahari-Pothwari
  18. Dogri
  19. Wanetsi
  20. Gawar-Bati
  21. Kurdish
  22. Shekhani
  23. Kalami
  24. Gujari
  25. Dameli
  26. Ushojo

See also

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References

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  1. ^"The Ghunna with the letters Noon and Meen".15 March 2021.