U+014B "ŋ" Latin Small Letter Eng Unicode Character

U+014B "ŋ" Latin Small Letter Eng is a distinct letter in the Latin alphabet that represents a velar nasal sound, as heard at the end of the English word "sing" or in the middle of "finger." It is widely used in the orthographies of various languages, including Sami, Ganda, and many African and Indigenous American languages, as well as in the International Phonetic Alphabet to transcribe this specific consonant. The character derives historically from a ligature of the letter "n" with a hook, and its lowercase form is unique in that it is the only Latin letter to have a capital counterpart that is simply a larger version of itself, though the capital "Ŋ" is less commonly used.