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{{short description|Latin letter M with tilde}}
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[[File:MwithTilde.png|thumb|249x249px|M with tilde in [[Doulos SIL]]]]
'''M̃''' ([[Capital letter|majuscule]]: '''M̃''', [[Lower case|minuscule]]: '''m̃''') is a Latin [[M]] with a diacritical [[tilde]].
==Linguistic use==
''M̃–m̃'' is or was used as a [[grapheme]] in several languages:
* in some [[languages of Vanuatu]], such as [[North Efate language|North Efate]], [[South Efate language|South Efate]] and [[Namakura language|Namakura]], it represents a [[labial-velar nasal]] {{IPAblink|ŋm}}. The letter was introduced by [[missionary|missionaries]] and has been in use for over a hundred years. (Other Vanuatu languages use an [[Macron (diacritic)#Letter extension|M-macron]] (''m̄'') instead.)
* in the [[Yanesha' language|Yanesha']] language of Peru, ''m̃'' represents a [[Palatalization (phonetics)|palatalized]] ''m''
* in [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], ''m̃'' appears as part of [[Lithuanian accentuation#Diphthongs|diphthongs]]
* in the transliteration of the [[Lycian alphabet|Lycian]] script, it represents a [[Syllabic consonant|syllabic]] ''m''.
In [[Italian language|Italian]], the abbreviation ''Ssm̃o'' or ''SSm̃o'' may be used for ''Santissimo'', "most holy" (similarly [[Latin language|Latin]] ''Ssm̃us'' for ''Sanctissimus'').
==Symbolic use==
M̃ and m̃ are used in mathematics and physics, see ''[[Tilde#Mathematics]]'' and ''[[Tilde#Physics]]''
==Computer use==
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On the Apple ABC extended keyboard, m̃ is made by typing m and then option-shift n.
{{Latin script|M|tilde}}
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