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LINGUISTICS & PRONUNCIATION

Ny is the twenty-third letter of the Hungarian Alphabet . It is pronounced (using English pronunciation with letter Romanization ) "nya" in the alphabet, but just "ny" when spoken in a word. Using the IPA , it can be written as '''/ɲ/''' .


USAGE

It is only used and pronounced in this way in Hungarian. One has to remember that in Hungarian, even if two characters are put together to make a different sound, they are considered one letter, and even Acronym s keep the letter intact.


EXAMPLES

These examples are Hungarian words that use the letter ny, with the English pronunciation with letter romanization following.

  • anya = ''mother''

  • enyém = ''mine''

  • annyi = ''so much''

  • anyós = ''mother-in-law''

  • nyű = ''maggot'' it's a bit obsolete and ambiguous: maggot or woodworm?-->

  • ernyő = ''umbrella''