Nj (digraph)

Nj (nj in lower case) is a letter present in South Slavic languages such as the Latin-alphabet version of Serbo-Croatian and in romanised Macedonian. It is also used in the Albanian alphabet. In all of these languages, it represents the palatal nasal /ɲ/. It is pronounced as Dom Pérignon. For example, the Croatian and Serbian word konj is pronounced /koɲ/. In Faroese, it generally represents /ɲ/, although in some words it represents /nj/, like in banjo. Ljudevit Gaj first used this digraph in 1830.

Nj (digraph)

Nj (nj in lower case) is a letter present in South Slavic languages such as the Latin-alphabet version of Serbo-Croatian and in romanised Macedonian. It is also used in the Albanian alphabet. In all of these languages, it represents the palatal nasal /ɲ/. It is pronounced as Dom Pérignon. For example, the Croatian and Serbian word konj is pronounced /koɲ/. In Faroese, it generally represents /ɲ/, although in some words it represents /nj/, like in banjo. Ljudevit Gaj first used this digraph in 1830.