Nh (digraph)
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Nh is a digraph of the Latin alphabet, a combination of N and H.
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[edit] African languages
In some African languages, nh is used to represent a dental nasal (IPA: /n̪/).
In the pre-1985 orthography of Guinea for its languages, nh represented the velar nasal, (IPA: /ŋ/), which is currently written ŋ.
[edit] Asian languages
[edit] Japanese
Early romanizations of Japanese sometimes used nh to represent a prepalatal nasal (IPA: [ɲ̟]). Today, this is usually written ny.
[edit] Vietnamese
In Vietnamese, nh represents a palatal nasal (IPA: /ɲ/) word-initially. It was formerly considered a distinct letter, but is no longer. When this digraph occurs word-finally, its phonetic value varies between dialects:
- In the northern dialect, it represents a velar nasal (ŋ), just as ng does; however, its presence may alter the pronunciation of the preceding vowel. For example, banh is pronounced /baɪŋ/, as opposed to /baŋ/ (bang).
- In the southern dialect, it represents an alveolar nasal (n) and shortens the preceding vowel.
The Vietnamese alphabet inherited this digraph from the Portuguese orthography.
[edit] Australian languages
In the transcription of Australian Aboriginal languages, nh represents a dental nasal (IPA: /n̪/). Due to allophony, it may also represent a palatal nasal (IPA: [ɲ]).
[edit] European languages
[edit] Occitan
In Occitan, nh represents a palatal nasal (IPA: /ɲ/).
For n·h, see Interpunct#Occitan.
[edit] Portuguese
In Portuguese, nh represents a palatal nasal (IPA: /ɲ/). It is not considered a distinct letter. Portuguese borrowed this digraph from Occitan.[1]
[edit] Galician
In Galician, there are two diverging norms which give nh diverging values.
- According to the Real Academia Galega norm, nh represents a velar nasal (IPA: /ŋ/), while ñ represents a palatal nasal (IPA: /ɲ/).
- According to the reintegrationist norm, mh represents a velar nasal (IPA: /ŋ/), while nh represents a palatal nasal (IPA: /ɲ/).
In both norms, nh is not considered a distinct letter.
[edit] Welsh
In Welsh, nh is a voiceless /n/.
[edit] References
- ^ Jean-Pierre JUGE (2001) Petit précis - Chronologie occitane - Histoire & civilisation, p. 25
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