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'''Ñ''', '''ñ''' is a grapheme used in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] to indicate the sound which in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] is written [ | '''Ñ''', '''ñ''' is a grapheme used in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] to indicate the sound which in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] is written [ɲ]. It corresponds approximately to the ''ny'' in English ''canyon''. Perhaps the best known Spanish word in the English-speaking world that has this sound is ''mañana'', 'tomorrow'. The symbol is also used in several, other languages using the [[Roman alphabet]] and in several Latin-script transcripctions, such as the standard transcription of Sanskrit, Pali and related languages. | ||
Other languages also have this sound, but do not use the tilde (~) for it. For example, 'mañana' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] is 'ama'''nh'''ã' (where the ''til'', as it is called in Portuguese, is modifying the 'a', not the 'n': the ' | Other languages also have this sound, but do not use the tilde (~) for it. For example, ''mañana'' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] is ''ama'''nh'''ã'' (where the ''til'', as it is called in Portuguese, is modifying the ''a'', not the ''n'': the grapheme ''nh'' provides the [ɲ] sound). In [[Occitan language|Occitan]] and [[Vietnamese lanmguage|Vietnamese]], [ɲ] is also written ''nh''. In [[Catalan language|Catalan]], ''ny'' is used, as in the local name for [[Catalonia]], ''Catalu'''ny'''a''. [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[French language|French]] use ''gn'', as in ''lasa'''gn'''e'' and ''champa'''gn'''e'' (which has a different pronunciation from the English). | ||
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Ñ, ñ is a grapheme used in Spanish to indicate the sound which in the International Phonetic Alphabet is written [ɲ]. It corresponds approximately to the ny in English canyon. Perhaps the best known Spanish word in the English-speaking world that has this sound is mañana, 'tomorrow'. The symbol is also used in several, other languages using the Roman alphabet and in several Latin-script transcripctions, such as the standard transcription of Sanskrit, Pali and related languages.
Other languages also have this sound, but do not use the tilde (~) for it. For example, mañana in Portuguese is amanhã (where the til, as it is called in Portuguese, is modifying the a, not the n: the grapheme nh provides the [ɲ] sound). In Occitan and Vietnamese, [ɲ] is also written nh. In Catalan, ny is used, as in the local name for Catalonia, Catalunya. Italian and French use gn, as in lasagne and champagne (which has a different pronunciation from the English).