Re: Request for help, Spanish
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 11, 1999, 23:16 |
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Danny Wier wrote:
> By the way, I wonder why Spanish doesn't write <nn> for palatal <n>, in=
stead
> of <=F1>, so that an extra character isn't necessary?
Well, one reason is that there are words like {innoble} from {in-} plus
{noble} that are pronounced with regular {n}. Of course, the tilde is
derived from an {n}, which is why Portuguese uses it to indicate
nasalization.
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