k. ñ > n

Spanish Portuguese
año ano
caña cana
dañar danar
enseñar ensinar
pequeño pequeno
pestaña pestana

Examples:

Observation:

Not all instances of Spanish /ñ/ convert to Portuguese /nh/. Modern /ñ/ in Spanish orginated from differnt Latin sources. These sounds merged in Spanish but not in Portuguese where they continue to manifest themselves in three distinct ways, i.e., /nh/, /n/ and elimination (See examples in "M" below).


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