On Friday, January 21, 2005 12:07 AM, B. Garcia wrote:
>I use ñ for /N/ in Montreiano because the sound /J/ broke into /n_j/.
> the n velarized due to the /j/, and then in order to prevent
> confusion, |i| was added after ñ despite the fact I could've just used
> ñ for /Nj/.
>
> So for instance:
>
> ANNUS (I hope I have that one right :)) > anno /an:o/ > año /aJo/ >
> /an_jo/ > añio /aNjo/.
>
> So, now, Montreianos use ñ solely for /N/.
They're not alone. Tatar use |ñ| for /N/ too since at least 2001. Look at
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tatar.htm.
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