Although the spelling “ñ” only exists in Spanish and Galician, it is true that the sound is not the exclusive heritage of Romance languages; it even exists in languages that do not come from Latin.
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Lecturer in Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex
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Professor of Phonetics, University of Reading
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Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex
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Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex
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Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Essex
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Profesora Titular, Directora del Departamento de Filología Moderna, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
