Graphemes for /ɲ/ and Related Phonemes
Palatals
Section titled “Palatals”/ɲ/ - palatal nasal
| Writing System | Grapheme | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ast-Latn | <ñ> | caña ‘cane’ | |
| bcy-Latn | <ny> | nyatə ‘fight’ | |
| blt-Tavt | <ꪐ> | ꪐ꫁ꪱ ‘grass’ | low tone series (syll. init.) |
| blt-Tavt | <ꪑ> | ꪑꪷꪉ ‘alive’ | high tone series (syll. init.) |
| dv-Thaa | <ނ◌ް> | މަންޖެ | Occurs before an palatal-alveolar consonant. |
| dv-Thaa | <ޏ> | ޏަމްޏަމް | A rarely occurring phoneme. |
| es-Latn | <ñ> | año ‘year’ | |
| fub-Arab | <ࢩ> | ࢩَامْدُ ‘food’, لٜࢩٛلْ ‘family/clan’, سٛࢩٛ ‘sound’, مِتٛوࢩَ ‘I persecute’, عٛدَࢩِ ‘she gave birth’ | |
| fub-Latn | <ny> | nyaamdu ‘food’, lenyol ‘family/clan’, sonyo ‘sound’, mi toonya ‘I persecute’, o danyi ‘she gave birth’ | |
| id-Latn | <ny> | nyanyi ‘sing’ | |
| ii-Latn | <ny> | nyuo ‘eye’ | The Chinese tradition transcribes this sound using /ȵ/. Allophone /hny/ also uses /y/. |
| ne-Deva | <ञ> | सञ्चार ‘transmission’ | Only occurs in clusters with च and छ, so is subject to palatalization |
| srr-Arab | <ݧ> | ݧَالْ ‘day’ | |
| srr-Latn | <ñ> | ñaal ‘day’ | |
| wo-Arab | <ݧ> | ݧَوْ ‘to sew’ | |
| wo-Latn | <ñ> | ñaw ‘to sew’ | |
| xnz-Copt | <ⳡ> | ||
| xnz-Latn | <ny> | ||
| yba-Latn | <ny> | nya |
/ɲː/ - geminate palatal nasal
| Writing System | Grapheme | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| wo-Arab | <ݧ◌ّ> | مࣹݧّ ‘to bear (fruit)’ | |
| wo-Latn | <ññ> | meññ ‘to bear (fruit)’ |
Alveo-palatals
Section titled “Alveo-palatals”/ɲ̟/ - alveo-palatal nasal
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Post-alveolars
Section titled “Post-alveolars”None