ク゚ヮ

See also: クヮ and グヮ

Japanese edit

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ク゚

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ヮ

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

鼻濁音

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Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ŋɰᵝa̠]

Syllable edit

ク゚ヮ • (ngwa)

(nonstandard, linguistics) The katakana syllable ク゚ヮ (ngwa). Its equivalent in hiragana is く゚ゎ (ngwa).

Usage notes edit

[ŋ] is an allophonic variation of /ɡ/ in Japanese; this phenomenon is known as 鼻(び)濁(だく)音(おん) (bidakuon, “nasal voiced sound”). This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.