(lowercase ) is a letter derived from the combination of the Latin letter N and a stroke diacritic. It was used in Latvian orthography until 1921, when it was replaced by Ņ (N with a cedilla).

It is represented in Unicode by:

  • U+A7A4 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH OBLIQUE STROKE
  • U+A7A5 LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH OBLIQUE STROKE

Further reading

  • German NB, Proposal to encode 10 Latin letters for pre-1921 Latvian orthography, 30 April 2009.
  • López Ramos, Edívoras (2007). Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI)—Secretaría de Educación de Chiapas (ed.). "Alfabeto ilustrado del zoque, Variantes lingüísticas tsuni y ode" (PDF).
gollark: I sort of vaguely assumed you were German. Because of your mildly German-sounding name.
gollark: Fascinating.
gollark: Hmm, are you in the ÜS?
gollark: Although those aren't very loud.
gollark: Fair.
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