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Ñ

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Ñ U+00D1, Ñ
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE
Composition:N [U+004E] + ◌̃ [U+0303]
Ð
[U+00D0]
Latin-1 Supplement Ò
[U+00D2]

Translingual

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Ñ (upper case ñ)

  1. A letter of the Latin script.

Linguistics

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A letter used by several modern alphabets, including Asturian, Aymara, Basque, Galician, Guaraní, Mapuche, Mixtec, Papiamento, Tagalog, Quechua, Spanish and Zapotec.

  1. (IAST) transliterates Sanskrit (or equivalent).

Basque

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Ñ (upper case, lower case ñ)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called eñe and written in the Latin script.

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Further reading

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  • Ñ”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Central Mazahua

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Ñ (upper case, lower case ñ)

  1. A letter of the Central Mazahua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Crimean Tatar

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Ñ (upper case, lower case ñ)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Efik

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Ñ (upper case, lower case ñ)

  1. A letter of the Efik alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Igala

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Pronunciation

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Ñ (upper case, lower case ñ)

  1. A letter of the Igala alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Inupiaq

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Pronunciation

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Ñ (upper case, lower case ñ)

  1. A letter of the Inupiaq alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog Ñ. Pronunciation is influenced by Spanish Ñ.

Pronunciation

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Ñ (upper case, lower case ñ)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called enye and written in the Latin script.

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References

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  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016), Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Spanish

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Etymology

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From the Latin letter N, with a tilde over it. It was a way to shorten the double n "nn" in medieval manuscripts.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈeɲe/ [ˈe.ɲe]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɲe

Letter

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Ñ (upper case, lower case ñ)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called eñe and written in the Latin script.

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Ñ.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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Ñ (upper case, lower case ñ)

  1. the fifteenth letter of the Filipino alphabet, called enye and written in the Latin script
  2. (historical) the seventeenth letter of the Abecedario, called eñe and written in the Latin script

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Further reading

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  • Ñ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018