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Sounds for written letters



	1. a

	2. e

	3. i

	4. o

	5. u

	6. b and v

	7. ce, ci, z

	8. ca, co, cu, qu, k

	9. ch

	10. d

	11. f

	12. ga, go, gu

	13. j, ge, gi

	14. l

	15. ll

	16. m

	17. n

	18. ñ

	19. p

	20. r


	21. s

	22. t

	23. w

	24. x

	25. y

	26. h

Spanish letter n

This letter can exhibit five sounds: /ŋ/ (Velar nasal), /ɲ/ (Palatal nasal), /n̪/ (Dental nasal), /ɱ/ (Labiodental nasal) and /n/ (Alveolar nasal)

The velar nasal, also known as agma, from the Greek word for fragment, is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is the sound of ng in English sing. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ŋ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is N.
And it occurs when the 'n' is before /k/, /g/, /x/, hue
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Sound 1: Velar nasal /ŋ/
	/ˈmäŋ.gä/ (sleeve)			/ˈre̞ŋ.go̞/ (lame)
	/ˈfɾäŋ.ko̞/ (frank)			/ko̞ŋ.ko̞ɾˈðäɾ/ (to agree)
	/ˈle̞ŋ.gwä/ (tongue)			/iŋ.kje̞ˈt̪äɾ/ (to disturb)
	/iŋˈgɾe̞.so̞/ (entrance)			/iŋ.ˈxus.to̞/ (unfair)
	/iŋ.xe̞ˈɾiɾ/ (ingest)			/iŋˈxe̞.njo̞/ (ingenuity)

The palatal nasal is a type of consonant, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɲ⟩,[1] a lowercase letter n with a leftward-pointing tail protruding from the bottom of the left stem of the letter. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is J.
And it occurs when the 'n' is before ch, /ʝ/, /ɲ/, hie
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Sound 2: Palatal nasal /ɲ/
	/ko̞mˈpiɲ.ʧe̞/ (buddy)			/ˈkäɲ.ʧä/ (court)
	/ˈmäɲ.ʧä/ (stain)			/ko̞ɲ.ʝe̞ˈβäɾ/ (to bear)
	/ˈʧäɲ.ʧo̞/ (pig)			/ˈläɲ.ʧä/ (small boat)
	/ˈräɲ.ʧo̞/ (ranch)			/iɲ.ʝe̞kˈt̪äɾ/ (inject)
	/e̞ɲ.ʝe̞ˈsäɾ/ (to plaster)			/ˈro̞ɲ.ʧä/ (weal)

The vast majority of languages have either an alveolar or dental nasal. There are a few languages that lack either sound but have [m] (e.g. colloquial Samoan). There are some languages (e.g. Rotokas) that lack both [m] and [n].
And it occurs when the 'n' is before /t̪/, /d̪/
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Sound 3: Dental nasal /n̪/
	/in̪.t̪e̞.rumˈpiɾ/ (to interrupt)			/e̞n̪.t̪ɾe̞.t̪e̞ˈne̞ɾ/ (to entertain)
	/ko̞n̪.t̪e̞sˈt̪äɾ/ (to answer)			/äˈlje̞n̪.t̪o̞/ (breath)
	/ä.ko̞n̪.t̪e̞.siˈmje̞n̪.t̪o̞/ (event)			/inˈse̞n̪.d̪jo̞/ (fire)
	/ä.pɾe̞n̪.d̪iˈsä.xe̞/ (apprenticeship)			/in̪.d̪ä.ɰäˈsjo̞n/ (investigation)
	/e̞m.pɾe̞n̪.d̪e̞ˈðo̞ɾ/ (enterprising)			/ˈd̪o̞n̪.d̪e̞/ (where)

The labiodental nasal is a type of consonantal sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɱ⟩. The IPA symbol is a lowercase letter m with a leftward hook protruding from the lower right of the letter. Occasionally it is instead transcribed as an em with a dental diacritic: ⟨m̪⟩.
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Sound 4: Labiodental nasal /ɱ/
	/ko̞ɱ.fiˈðe̞n̪.t̪e̞/ (confidant)			/e̞ɱˈfe̞ɾ.mo̞/ (sick)
	/e̞ɱˈfä.ðo̞/ (anger)			/iɱˈfän.sjä/ (childhood)
	/ko̞ɱ.fe̞kˈsjo̞n/ (dressmaking)			/iɱ.fän̪ˈt̪il/ (childish)

The alveolar nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in numerous spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar nasals is ⟨n⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is n.
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Sound 5: Alveolar nasal /n/
	/mä.ne̞ˈxäɾ/ (to drive)			me̞.lo̞.ko̞ˈt̪o̞n/ (peach)
	ruˈt̪i.nä/ (routine)			/ä.me̞.niˈsäɾ/ (to make pleasant)
	/gäˈnä.ðo̞/ (cattle)			/re̞.fle̞.ksjo̞ˈnäɾ/ (to reflect)
	/känˈsän.sjo̞/ (fatigue)			/ˈfɾe̞.no̞/ (brake)
	/gɾä.βäˈsjo̞n/ (recording)			/pe̞ɾ.t̪e̞.ne̞ˈse̞ɾ/ (belong)

The letter ñ