• Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    3 days ago

    It 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.