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Ng
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Appendix:Variations of "ng"
English
Etymology
From various en zh - surnames, including:
en nan-hbl 黃 N̂g
en yue 吳 ng4 and 伍 ng5
The Philippine pronunciation is influenced by tl ng.
Pronunciation
en /əŋ/ /ʌŋ/ /ɪŋ/ /ɛŋ/ [ŋ̍]
en [ŋ̍] [m̩] Hong Kong
en [nɐŋ] Philippines
en [(ʔ)əŋ] Malaysia,Brunei,SG
en ʌŋ ɪŋ ɛŋ 1
Proper noun
s
en Chinese.
en Hokkien
en Cantonese
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Ng is the 1,125th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 31,210 individuals. Ng is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.2%) individuals.
Anagrams
en gn gn gn. GN
Angami
Letter
njm
njm letter 16
See also
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From id hak 吳 Ǹg.
Proper noun
id Chinese Indonesian Hakka.
Etymology 2
From id hak 伍 Ńg.
Proper noun
id Chinese Indonesian Hakka.
Etymology 3
id nan-hbl 黃 N̂g or id nan-tws - 黃 Ng5. id Ui Wi.
Proper noun
id Chinese Indonesian Hokkien or Teochew.
Kankanaey
Etymology
kne tl Ng. Pronunciation is influenced by kne en N and kne en G.
Pronunciation
endyi<a:letter name> ng<a:phoneme>
Letter
letter
kne letter 16 endyi
See also
References
10-11
Khiamniungan Naga
Etymology
Pronunciation
kix /ɲə³³/
Letter
kix
kix Patsho kix letter 12
See also
Pronunciation guide
Lingala
Pronunciation
ln /ⁿɡ/
Letter
ln
ln letter
Norwegian Bokmål
no Karaktersystemer i Norge
Etymology
Originally an abbreviation of nb noenlunde tilfredsstillende reasonably satisfactory, subsequently also used for nb nokså godt fairly good and nb nokså god fairly good as school-grade names.
Pronunciation
nb /ˌɛnːˈɡeː/ [ˌɛnːˈɡeː]
nb eː 2
nb Ng
Noun
m Ng-en Ng-er Ng-ene
nb education historical a bare pass or similarly low school grade; nb noenlunde tilfredsstillende reasonably satisfactory or nb nokså godt fairly good
nb nogen noenlunde
nb På det gamle vitnemålet sto det Ng i regning. The old school certificate showed a bare pass in arithmetic.
nb 2000-08-18 Trond Andresen "Nokså god".... NTNU-debatt https://tronda.folk.ntnu.no/n-d/nye/0418.html .. eller "nuggen", Ng, som en del av oss halvgamlinger husker fra datidas karaktersystem. .. or “nuggen”, Ng, as some of us middle-aged people remember from the grading system of those days. https://web.archive.org/web/20260925070642/https://tronda.folk.ntnu.no/n-d/nye/0418.html 25 September 2026
nb education nb nokså god fair: the middle grade for orderliness or conduct in Norwegian schools, below nb G good and above nb Lg poor
nb Hun fikk Ng i orden. She received a “fair” grade for orderliness.
nb 2026-06-05 Trondheim kommune Karakterer, eksamen, vitnemål og prøver https://www.trondheim.kommune.no/tema/skole/Opplaring/vurdering/ Nokså god (Ng) - store negative avvik fra vanlig orden og oppførsel Fair (Ng) – significant negative deviations from normal orderliness and conduct
References
§ 9-4 Karakterar i orden og i oppførsel Utdanningsdirektoratet https://www.udir.no/regelverkstolkninger/opplaring/forskrift-om-grunnskoleopplaringa-og-den-vidaregaande-opplaringa-opplaringsforskrifta/tredje-delen--fellesreglar-for-grunnskoleopplaringa-og-den-vidaregaande-opplaringa-for-barn-og-unge/kapittel-9-individuell-vurdering/i.-generelle-reglar/-9-4-karakterar-i-orden-og-i-oppforsel/ 2026-09-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20260925115245/https://www.udir.no/regelverkstolkninger/opplaring/forskrift-om-grunnskoleopplaringa-og-den-vidaregaande-opplaringa-opplaringsforskrifta/tredje-delen--fellesreglar-for-grunnskoleopplaringa-og-den-vidaregaande-opplaringa-for-barn-og-unge/kapittel-9-individuell-vurdering/i.-generelle-reglar/-9-4-karakterar-i-orden-og-i-oppforsel/ 25 September 2026
Anagrams
nb gn Gn.
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From the usage of the ng̃ digraph in the Spanish-based orthography to represent /ŋ/.
Each pronunciation has a different source:
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by tl en N and tl en G.
Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character tl nga.
Alternative forms
tl NG
Pronunciation
én dyí<qq:letter name, Filipino alphabet> ngá<qq:letter name, Abakada alphabet> ŋ<qq:phoneme>
Letter
tl
16 en dyi fil
12 nga abak
See also
tl G̃
Etymology 2
tl nan-hbl 黃 N̂g. The pronunciation of the surname in Tagalog is influenced by the word, tl ng.
Pronunciation
ng,nang,na'ng
Proper noun
+
tl Chinese Filipino Hokkien
See also
tl Uy Wee Hwang Huang Wong
Etymology 3
tl en Ng, from tl yue 吳 ng4. The pronunciation of the surname in Tagalog is influenced by the word, tl ng.
Pronunciation
ng,nang,na'ng
Proper noun
+
tl Chinese Filipino Cantonese
See also
tl Go Ngo Wu
Further reading
Welsh
Pronunciation
cy /ɛŋ/ standard
cy /ŋ(ː)/ informal
Letter
cy
cy letter 11 eng G H
See also
Mutation
Ng is the nasal mutation of G and cannot be mutated itself.
Further reading