RAMROD 117,010 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 The consonant Ñ (pronounced “enye”). The only letter in the Spanish alphabet that originated in Spain, the Ñ is not only a letter but a representation of Hispanic heritage and identity as well. Full history at source below https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-the-letter-n There is no manaña or señor(ita) without "Ñ", among others (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanaxster 37 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Other languages have that phoneme as well but don't transpose it in writing as ñ, but I guess that graph is peculiar and every time I see it I think about spanish too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOOK 76,406 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 LA LA LA LA LA... Espanyá!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel 5,221 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Congrats to stylish queen Ñ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFXIV WhiteMage 6,309 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Our language uses the letter ñ as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightadieu 4,531 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 I feel so stupid for taking minutes to realize the blue shapes in the background make the ñ shape Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatislaps 34,854 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Enya, queen of ñ's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsy101 5,453 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 28 minutes ago, COOOK said: LA LA LA LA LA... Espanyá!! *España Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsy101 5,453 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, Chromatislaps said: Enya, queen of ñ's *Eña Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOOK 76,406 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, gypsy101 said: *España Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pussycat 3,514 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 We always knew she was superior. I cry myself to sleep every night knowing I could never be as cool as her Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 What did ñ look like before the Latin alphabet was created? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagi 2,750 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 All of that to celebrate Shakiras imprisonment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, Gagi said: All of that to celebrate Shakiras imprisonment Guess nobody told her that tax evasioñ is a crime in Spain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maic 1,084 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 1 hour ago, bionic said: What did ñ look like before the Latin alphabet was created? The standard Latin alphabet was first conceived by the Romans with only 20 letters (23 at the height of Latin literature). Other inclusions, like U, W or Ñ, were made by medieval copyist or scribes (most often these were monks) to represent certain sounds unfamiliar to Latin (these letters were borrowed from adjacent alphabets) or to avoid unnecessary double spelling so to save any further writing, such is the case of the Ñ, among several other reasons drawn from practical use. Ñ results from contracting the double consonant NN into a one-case letter (the second N is stacked, and shrunk into a "~", on top of the first N). That is why we have Spanish año from Latin annus (meaning year). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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