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		Shorel on March 12, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the German language has so many great words In writing only, and very obnoxious as well for a culture that fights for their grave accents and correct language way more than their English counterpart. Otherwise tell me how do you say niñ@s out loud.

evincarofautumn on March 13, 2016 [–]

Hah, I just tried to pronounce it with coarticulation of [a] and [o], and it came out as [ɞ] [1]. /niɲɞs/ sounds totally alien.

In reality, probably “niños y niñas”.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_central_rounded_vowel

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