1. The Development of English: Origins and History of the Letter N Presented by Nur Igbaria 4/5/2011

2. Origins and History of the Letter N Egyptian hieroglyphic picture (1750 B.C) Snake nahash

3. Origins and History of the Letter N Phoenician nun(1000 B.C.) fish

4. Origins and History of the Letter N Greek nu (740 B.C.) Etruscan nu (660 B.C.) Roman-Latin en (520 B.C.) N

5. Origins and History of the Letter N The Carolingian form – middle ages handwriting (~800 A.D.) n

6. More information N is the 14 th letter in the English alphabet and it follows M. N is the 6 th most frequent letter used in print, and is the 2 nd most frequent consonant. N abbreviates the Latin word for number (numerous) The symbol n in mathematics traditionally means a number that is indefinite.

7. More information N is pronounced /m/ when it comes before bilabial as input. Double n usually signals a preceding short vowel as in dinner. N is usually silent when it is proceeded by m as in autumn but sounded in derived lexical forms as in autumnal.

8. More information The letters c, k, g, q, x may produce a velar nasal ‘ng’: increase, sing. N is used in verb forms, as in seeing/ seen. Spelling difficulty may arise because of the number of ns especially when using the affixes un- /-ness with words that begin/ end with n as in unnecessary / openness.