What is the Shavian symbol for the nasal /ŋ/ sound and how is it used in everyday words?
The Shavian symbol for the nasal /ŋ/ sound is the hooked letter ŋ (Unicode U+1013B). In Shavian, /ŋ/ appears at the end of words…
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