Nun (letter)

Nun
Phoenician
𐤍
Hebrew
נ
Aramaic
𐡍
Syriac
ܢ
Arabic
ن
Phonemic representationn
Position in alphabet14
Numerical value50
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician
GreekΝ
LatinN
CyrillicН

Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician nūn 𐤍, Hebrew nūn נ‎, Aramaic nūn 𐡍‎, Syriac nūn ܢ, and Arabic nūn ن (in abjadi order). Its numerical value is 50. It is the third letter in Thaana (ނ), pronounced as "noonu". In all languages, it represents the alveolar nasal /n/.

The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek nu (Ν), Etruscan N, Latin N, and Cyrillic Н.


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