Thread:FKay/@comment-32510639-20180724013115/@comment-32271305-20180811214803

Yeah, ñ is veeery different from n.

Even though the letter itself used to be a shortcut for writing nn, it then acquired a different pronunciation over time. It's not a coincidence that the Spanish "año" (year) is "anno" in Italian. Fun fact: in Italian we also have the ñ sound, but it's spelled "gn" instead.

Here's an example: spider = araña (Spanish) = ragno (Italian)