Ñ

Ñ is the fifteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet. Its name is eñe. Although an N with a tilde, it is a separate letter in Spanish, alphabetized between N and O.

It represents a voiced, nasal, palatal sound. It may also roughly be represented or pronounced as ny, e.g. piñata -> pinyata. Other Romance languages have this sound as well, expressed by nh in Portuguese and gn (like lasagna) in Italian.

It is used in a number of English words of Spanish origin, such as jalapeño, piña colada, and piñata, though these are often spelled in English with an n instead, due to the absence of the ñ from the English alphabet. Some people from Spanish-speaking countries who have emigrated to the United States, such as Carlos Castaneda, have also anglicized their names by changing ñ into n.

The letter Ñ is also used when writing the Tatar language in Latin script.

 

Latin alphabet   Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj | Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp | Qq | Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz     Åå | Ææ | Œœ | Øø | Ää | Üü | Õõ | Öö | Ññ | ß | Þþ | Ðð | Çç | Şş | Ĝĝ | Ĥĥ | Ĵĵ | Ŝŝ | Ŭŭ