Myanmar Letter Nga

င is a Myanmar-script consonant for the nasal sound at the end of “sing.” Burmese letters and vowel signs shape its syllable. Kinzi stacks င်္ above the next consonant.

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What င means

Burmese nga is the nasal consonant heard at the end of “sing.”

In Burmese writing, it supplies that consonant; nearby letters and vowel signs complete the syllable.

The Myanmar script grew from South Indian Brahmi, an older writing system. Historians debate whether its immediate source was Mon or Pyu writing. It served Mon and Burmese writing, Buddhist texts in Pali, and public inscriptions. Records cite Mon evidence from the 8th century and Burmese inscriptions from the 11th. A Myazedi stone inscription, around 1112, preserves Old Burmese, Old Mon, Pali, and Pyu.

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Burmese Alphabet & Letters

Who writes င

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Don't confuse it with

ၚ

Myanmar Letter Mon Nga

Mon has a separate nga, ၚ. In kinzi position it can render like င, obscuring which letter is encoded.

Alphabet

Burmese alphabet42 letters

ကခဂဃငစဆဇဈဉညဋဌဍဎဏတထဒဓနပဖဗဘမယရလဝသဟဠအဣဤဥဦဧဩဪဿ

Questions people ask

Why does င show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.