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{{About|the letter of the alphabet}} {{short description|14th letter of the Latin alphabet}} {{pp-semi|small=yes}} {{pp-move|small=yes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox grapheme |name = N |letter = N n |script=[[Latin script]] |type=[[Alphabet]] |typedesc=ic and [[logographic]] |language=[[Latin language]] |phonemes=[{{IPAlink|n}}]<br />[{{IPAlink|ŋ}}]<br />[{{IPAlink|ɲ}}]<br />[{{IPAlink|ɳ}}]<br />[[Help:IPA/Irish|[nˠ]]]<br />[{{IPAlink|ⁿ}}]<br />[{{IPAlink|̃|◌̃}}]<br />{{IPAc-en|ɛ|n}} |unicode=U+004E, U+006E |alphanumber=14 |number= |fam1=<hiero>I10</hiero> |fam2=[[File:Proto-semiticN-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Proto-Sinaitic Nun]] |fam3=[[File:Protonun.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Proto-Caanite Nun]] |fam4=[[File:Phoenician_nun.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Phoenician Nun]] |fam5=[[File:Greek_Nu_01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Early Greek Ny]] |fam6=[[Nu (letter)|Ν ν]] |fam7=[[File:EtruscanN-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px]] |fam8=[[𐌍]] |usageperiod={{circa}} 700 BCE to present |children={{bull}}[[₦]]<br />{{bull}}[[Ƞ]]<br />{{bull}}[[Ŋ]]<br />{{bull}}[[ɧ]]<br />{{bull}}[[ʩ]] |sisters=[[Н]]<br />[[Ң]]<br />[[Ӊ]]<br />[[Ӈ]]<br />[[Ԋ]]<br />[[Nun (letter)|נ<br />ן<br />ن<br />ܢ]]<br />[[ނ]]<br />[[wikt:Ն|Ն]] [[wikt:ն|ն]]<br />[[wikt:Մ|Մ]] [[wikt:մ|մ]]<br />[[ࠍ]]<br />[[ነ]]<br />[[ᚾ]]<br />[[Ꮋ]]<br />[[Ꮑ]]<br />[[Ꮓ]] |equivalents= |associates=[[List of Latin-script digraphs#N|n(x)]], [[Nh (digraph)|nh]], [[Ng (digraph)|ng]], [[Ny (digraph)|ny]] |direction=Left-to-right |image=File:Latin_letter_N.svg |imageclass=skin-invert-image }} {{Latin letter info|n}} '''N''', or '''n''', is the fourteenth [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]] of the [[Latin alphabet]], used in the [[English alphabet|modern English alphabet]], the alphabets of other western European languages, and others worldwide. Its name in English is [[English alphabet#Letter names|''en'']] (pronounced {{IPAc-en|'|ɛ|n}}), plural ''ens''.<ref>"N" ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989); ''Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1993); "en," op. cit.</ref>
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