U+0D19 "ങ" Malayalam Letter Nga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ങ
U+0D19 "ങ" Malayalam Letter Nga is a fundamental consonant in the Malayalam script, representing the velar nasal sound /ŋ/, similar to the 'ng' in the English word "sing." It is the fifth letter of the Malayalam abugida and is categorized under the Malayalam block within the Unicode Standard. This character is used as a standalone letter in modern Malayalam writing, where it appears in words and as part of compound characters, and it also functions as a vowel sign diacritic when combined with other consonants. Historically, it shares a common origin with other Brahmic scripts, tracing back to the ancient Brahmi script through the Grantha script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D19 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Letter Nga |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ങ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ങ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB4 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D19 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D19 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d19 |