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For Ca<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>N<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, Mg<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>N<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, and Ge<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>N<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>, no <jats:sup>14<\/jats:sup>N NMR signal was observed. Low speed (<jats:italic>\u03bd<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u20092\u00a0kHz for TiN, ZrN, and GaN; <jats:italic>\u03bd<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u20091\u00a0kHz for InN) and \u2018high speed\u2019 (<jats:italic>\u03bd<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u200915\u00a0kHz for TiN; <jats:italic>\u03bd<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u20095\u00a0kHz for ZrN; <jats:italic>\u03bd<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u200910\u00a0kHz for InN and GaN) MAS NMR experiments were performed. For TiN, ZrN, InN, and GaN, powder\u2010XRD was used to identify the phases present in each sample. The number of peaks observed for each sample in their <jats:sup>14<\/jats:sup>N MAS solid\u2010state NMR spectrum matches perfectly well with the number of nitrogen\u2010containing phases identified by powder\u2010XRD. The <jats:sup>14<\/jats:sup>N MAS solid\u2010state NMR spectra are symmetric and dominated by the quadrupolar interaction. The envelopes of the spinning sidebands manifold are Lorentzian, and it is concluded that there is a distribution of the quadrupolar coupling constants Q<jats:sub>cc<\/jats:sub>'s arising from structural defects in the compounds studied. 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