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Nya (Indic)

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Nya is the tenth consonant of Indic abugidas. It is derived from the Brahmi letter .

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Devanagari script

Nya (, Sanskrit and Hindi: ञकार ñakāra) is the tenth consonant of the Devanagari abugida. It is pronounced [ɲə], similar to the phoneme in English canyon, /ˈkænjən/. It is very rare in Hindi, but common in Sanskrit.

Bengali script

(, [nɔ]) is a Bengali script consonant, derived from the Siddham script.

Gurmukhi script

Ñaññā (, Punjabi: ਞੱਞਾ ñaññā) is a consonant of Gurmukhi. It is represented in Shahmukhi with Punjabi: ں nun gunnah or Punjabi: ن nun.

Gujarati script

Ña (, Gujarati: ) is a Gujarati consonant, from the Devenagari letter without the top bar.

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Nya (Indic) Wikipedia