Nj (letter)
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NJ (nj in lower case) is a letter present in many Slavic languages such as Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian (the latter two in their latinic forms). It represents (IPA) /ɲ/]. For example, the word "konj" is pronounced /koɲ/. Most languages containing the letter nj in the alphabet are phonetic, which means that every character represents one sound. In this case, joining the letters N and J creates a new letter and represents a different sound. Like its Latin counterpart, the Cyrillic alphabet has a specific symbol: Њ.
The sound has equivalents in other European languages: in Portuguese it is the combination nh, in Spanish it is the single letter ñ while in Italian it is gn.
Ljudevit Gaj first used this digraph in 1830.
It is also used in some African languages where it represents /nʒ/ or /ⁿʒ/.
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Aa aa Ae ae Ai ai Au au Aw aw Ay ay Bh bh Ch ch C̱h c̱h Ck ck CÖ cö Cs cs Cu cu Dd dd Dh dh Dj dj Dx dx Dz dz Dž dž Ea ea Ee ee Ei ei Eu eu Ew ew Ey ey Ff ff Fh fh Gb gb Gh gh Għ għ Gi gi Gj gj Gn gn Gy gy Hs hs Hu hu Ie ie IJ ij Jö jö Kh kh Kp kp Ku ku Lh lh Lj lj Ll ll Ly ly Mb mb Mh mh Mp mp Nd nd Ng ng Nh nh Nj nj Nk nk Ns ns Nt nt Ny ny Nz nz Oa oa Oe oe Oi oi Oo oo Ou ou Ow ow Oy oy Ph ph Qu qu Rd rd Rh rh Rl rl Rn rn Rr rr Rt rt Rz rz Sh sh Sv sv Sy sy Sz sz Th th Tj tj Tr tr Ts ts Tx tx Ty ty Tz tz Ue ue Ui ui Wh wh Xh xh Xö xö Yh yh Yk yk Zh zh Zs zs Zv zv |
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Dzs dzs Ngb ngb Ngh ngh Ngk ngk Nkp nkp Nth nth Nyk nyk Rnd rnd Sch sch |
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