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minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoPortuguese doesn’t really have a tilde, but that’s what the h following an n (or an L) is there to indicate
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoIt does have a tilde but it’s mostly used over vowels, to represent nasalisation; e.g. ⟨mão⟩ /mãw/ [mɜ̃ʊ̯̃] “hand” vs. ⟨mau⟩ /maw/ [mäʊ̯] “bad” ⟨mãe⟩ /mãj/ [mɜ̃ɪ̯̃] “mother” ⟨limões⟩ /li’mõjs/ [li.'mõɪ̯̃s] “lemons” ⟨vã⟩ /vã/ [vɜ̃] “vain” (F) For /ɲ/ (the phoneme written “ñ” in Spanish) it’s as you said, though: it’s spelled “nh” instead.
Portuguese doesn’t really have a tilde, but that’s what the h following an n (or an L) is there to indicate
It does have a tilde but it’s mostly used over vowels, to represent nasalisation; e.g.
For /ɲ/ (the phoneme written “ñ” in Spanish) it’s as you said, though: it’s spelled “nh” instead.