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词条 Nh (digraph)
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  1. African languages

  2. Asian languages

     Japanese  Vietnamese 

  3. Australian languages

  4. American languages

  5. European languages

     Occitan  Portuguese  Galician  Welsh 

  6. References

  7. External links

Nh is a digraph of the Latin alphabet, a combination of N and H. Together with ilh and the interpunct, it is a typical feature of Occitan, a language illustrated by medieval troubadours.

African languages

In some African languages, such as Gogo, nh is a voiceless {{IPA|/n̥/}}.

In the pre-1985 orthography of Guinea for its languages, nh represented a velar {{IPAblink|ŋ}}, which is currently written ŋ.

Asian languages

In the Gwoyeu Romatzyh romanization of Mandarin Chinese, initial nh- indicates an even tone on a syllable beginning in {{IPA|[n]}}, which is otherwise spelled n-.

Japanese

Early romanizations of Japanese, influenced by Portuguese orthography, sometimes used nh to represent a prepalatal. Today, this is usually written ny.

Vietnamese

In Vietnamese, nh represents a palatal {{IPAblink|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 ({{IPA|ŋ}}), just as ng does; however, its presence may alter the pronunciation of the preceding vowel. For example, banh is pronounced {{IPA|/baɪŋ/}}, as opposed to {{IPA|/baŋ/}} (bang).
  • In the southern dialect, it represents an alveolar nasal ({{IPA|n}}) and shortens the preceding vowel.

The Vietnamese alphabet inherited this digraph from the Portuguese orthography.

Australian languages

In the transcription of Australian Aboriginal languages, nh represents a dental {{IPAblink|n̪}}. Due to allophony, it may also represent a palatal {{IPAblink|ɲ}}.

American languages

In Purépecha and Pipil, it's a velar nasal, {{IPA|[ŋ]}}.

European languages

Occitan

In Occitan, nh represents a palatal {{IPAblink|ɲ}}.

For n·h, see Interpunct#Occitan.

Portuguese

In Portuguese, nh represents a palatal {{IPAblink|ɲ}}. Due to allophony, it may represent the nasal approximant {{IPA|[ȷ̃]}} in most Brazilian, Santomean and Angolan dialects. It is not considered a distinct letter. Portuguese borrowed this digraph from Occitan.[1]

Galician

In Galician, there are two diverging norms which give nh differing values.

  • According to the Real Academia Galega norm, nh represents a velar {{IPAblink|ŋ}}, while ñ represents a palatal {{IPAblink|ɲ}}.
  • According to the reintegrationist norm, mh represents a velar nasal {{IPAblink|ŋ}}, while nh represents a palatal {{IPAblink|ɲ}}.

In both norms, nh is not considered a distinct letter.

Welsh

In Welsh, nh is a voiceless alveolar nasal, {{IPA|/n̥/}}.

References

1. ^Jean-Pierre JUGE (2001) Petit précis - Chronologie occitane - Histoire & civilisation, p. 25

External links

  • Practical Orthography of African Languages
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