Editing Anusvara (section)

==Other Indic script languages==
Anusvara is used in other languages using [[Indic scripts]] as well, usually to represent suprasegmental phones (such as [[phonation]] type or nasalization) or other nasal sounds.

===Bengali===
[[File:Bengali Letter Anusvara.svg|thumb|50px]]
In the [[Bengali alphabet|Bengali script]], the anusvara diacritic ({{Langx|bn|অনুস্বার|translit=ônuśśar}}) is written as a circle above a slanted line (<big>ং</big>), and represents /অঙ্/. It is used in the name of the [[Bengali language]] <big>বাংলা</big> {{IPA|[baŋla]}} and has merged in pronunciation with the letter <big>ঙ</big> ''unga'' in Bengali.

Although the anusvara is a consonant in [[Bengali phonology]], it is treated in the written system as a diacritic in that it is always directly adjacent to the preceding consonant, even when consonants are spaced apart in titles or banners: <big>বাং-লা-দে-শ</big> ''baṅ-la-de-ś'', not <big>বা-ং-লা-দে-শ</big> ''ba-ṅ-la-de-ś'' for <big>বাংলাদেশ</big> ''[[Bangladesh]]''. It is never pronounced with the inherent vowel 'ô', and it cannot take a vowel sign (instead, the consonant <big>ঙ</big> ''uṅô'' is used before vowels).

===Burmese===
In the [[Burmese alphabet|Burmese script]], the anusvara ({{lang|my|အောက်မြစ်}} ''auk myit'' (့) {{IPA|my|aʊʔ mjɪʔ|IPA}}) is represented as a dot under a nasalised final to indicate a [[Burmese language#Tones|creaky tone]] (with a shortened vowel).

Burmese also uses a dot above a letter to indicate the {{IPA|/-ɴ/}} nasalized ending (called "Myanmar Sign Anusvara" in Unicode), called {{lang|my|သေးသေးတင်}} ''thay thay tin'' ({{IPA|my|θé ðé tɪ̀ɰ̃|IPA}}) (ံ)

===Sinhala===
In the [[Sinhala script]], the anusvara is not a nonspacing combining mark but a spacing combining mark. It has a circular shape and follows its base letter ( ං).<ref>See an example in {{cite web |first1=Anshuman |last1=Pandey |title=Proposal to encode a nasal character in Vedic Extensions |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17117r-vedic-double-antargomukha.pdf |id=L2/17-117R |date=April 25, 2017 |website=Unicode |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008031028/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17117r-vedic-double-antargomukha.pdf |archive-date= Oct 8, 2022 }}</ref> It is called {{transliteration|si|binduva}} in [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]], which means "dot". The anusvara represents {{IPAslink|ŋ}} at the end of a syllable. It is used in the name of the [[Sinhala language]] සිංහල {{IPA|si|ˈsiŋɦələ|}}. It has merged in pronunciation with the letter ඞ ṅa in Sinhala.

===Telugu===
The [[Telugu script]] has full-zero (sunna) ం , half-zero (arasunna)  and ''visarga'' to convey various shades of nasal sounds. Anusvara is represented as a circle shape after a letter:<ref>{{cite book |title= A History of Telugu Literature |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xwXx7LB-ai4C&pg=PA18 |last= Chenchiah |first= P. |author2=Rao, Raja Bhujanga |year= 1988 |publisher= Asian Educational Services |isbn= 81-206-0313-3 |page=18}}</ref> క - ka and కం - kam.

===Thai===
The equivalent of the anusvara in the [[Thai alphabet]] is the [[Thai alphabet#anusvara|''nikkhahit'']] (◌ํ). Used in rendering Sanskrit and [[Pali]] texts, it is written as an open circle above the consonant (for example {{lang|th|อํ}}). Its pronunciation depends on the following sound: if it is a consonant, the nikkhahit is pronounced as a homorganic nasal, and if it is at the end of a word, it is pronounced as a [[voiced velar nasal]]{{IPA|/ŋ/}}.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}