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Encyclopedia > Gn (digraph)

Gn is a digraph of the Latin Alphabet found in many languages. Digraph has several meanings: directed graph, or digraph Digraph (orthography) Digraph (computing) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ...


In Romance languages such as Italian and French, "gn" is pronounced as a palatal nasal [ɲ]. The palatal nasal is a type of consonant, used in some spoken languages. ...


In English, the digraph is simply pronounced /n/ in monosyllabic words (i.e. benign and sign). When it appears between two syllables, the /g/ is pronounced within the first syllable, while the /n/ is pronounced in the second syllable (i.e. signal).