Nj (digraph)
| Nj (digraph) | |
|---|---|
| NJ Nj nj | |
| Transliteration equivalents | Њ њ |
| Other | |
Nj (
palatal nasal
/ɲ/. It is pronounced as Dom Pérignon. For example, the Serbo-Croatian word konj is pronounced /koɲ/.
In
crossword puzzles, and is written in line in vertical text. However, it does not have its own key in standard computer keyboards
as it is almost never represented by a single character.
Other letters and digraphs of the
Cyrillic alphabet also includes a specific symbol, constructed in a similar fashion as nj: Њ
.
In Faroese, it generally represents /ɲ/, although in some words it represents /nj/, like in banjo.
Ljudevit Gaj first used this digraph in 1830.
It is also used in some languages of Africa and Oceania where it represents a prenazalized voiced postalveolar affricate or fricative, /ⁿdʒ/ or /ⁿʒ/. In Malagasy, it represents /ⁿdz/.
See also
- Њ, the Cyrillic version of Nj
- Gaj's Latin alphabet
References
- ISBN 978-9-99438-171-5.