Thanks, Fernando.
I did not know that the ñ was considered a separate letter, nor that there
would be a diaresis over some vowels in a diphthong. I studied Spanish at
school and I found it a deliciously predictable language (compared with French
and Latin).
Chris
On 5 Mar 2013, at 01:09, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgonzalezgentile@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> 3- Finally, Spanish uses the diaeresis on the u only, and only in a word
> which has a g followed by an u and then by these vowels: e and i.
> This makes a difference when pronouncing a j or a g followed by an u and
> then either an e or i, for the u to be pronounced after a g, it must have a
> diaeresis over it.
>
> That's all, I guess - if memory doesn't fail, I'd say Spanish is quite
> simple regarding diacritical marks.
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