U+01F9 "ǹ" Latin Small Letter N with Grave Unicode Character

U+01F9 "ǹ" Latin Small Letter N with Grave is a specialized alphabetic letter used in certain romanization systems and linguistic contexts to represent a specific phonetic value, namely a voiced alveolar nasal sound articulated with a low or falling tone indicated by the grave accent diacritic. It appears most prominently in the romanization of Cantonese Chinese, where it denotes the syllable-final "n" sound with a low falling tone, as well as in the transcription of some African languages. Visually, the character is formed by combining a standard lowercase "n" with a grave accent mark placed above and slightly to the left of the letter. This glyph is encoded in the Unicode Latin Extended-B block and is distinct from the more common n with grave found in precomposed character sets, ensuring its proper representation in digital text for precise scholarly and linguistic documentation.