Nh is a digraph of the Latin alphabet, a combination of N and H. Together with lh and the interpunct, it is a typical feature of Occitan, a language illustrated by medieval troubadours. It commonly represents the voiced palatal nasal pronounced as /[ɲ]/, which is the same sound as the Spanish letter Ñ.
In some African languages, such as Gogo, nh is a voiceless pronounced as //n̥//.
In the pre-1985 orthography of Guinea for its languages, nh represented a velar pronounced as /link/, which is currently written ŋ.
In the Gwoyeu Romatzyh romanization of Mandarin Chinese, initial nh- indicates an even tone on a syllable beginning in pronounced as /[n]/, which is otherwise spelled n-.
Early romanizations of Japanese, influenced by Portuguese orthography, sometimes used nh to represent a prepalatal. Today, this is usually written ny.
In Vietnamese, nh represents a palatal pronounced as /link/ word-initially. It was formerly considered a distinct letter, but is no longer. When this digraph occurs word-finally, its phonetic value varies between dialects:
The Vietnamese alphabet inherited this digraph from the Portuguese orthography.
In the transcription of Australian Aboriginal languages, nh represents a dental pronounced as /link/. Due to allophony, it may also represent a palatal pronounced as /link/.
In Purépecha and Pipil, it is a velar nasal, pronounced as /[ŋ]/.
In the Cuoq Orthography in Algonquin, and in the Fiero Orthography in Ojibwe and Odaawaa, it indicates the vowel preceding it is nasalized. While in the Cuoq orthograph it is (nh) in all positions, in the Fiero orthography it is a final form; its non-final form is written as (ny).
In Occitan, nh represents a palatal pronounced as /link/.
For n·h, see .
In Portuguese, nh represents a palatal pronounced as /link/. Due to allophony, it may represent the nasal palatal approximant pronounced as /[ȷ̃]/ in most Brazilian, Santomean and Angolan dialects. It is not considered a distinct letter. Portuguese borrowed this digraph from Occitan.[1]
In Galician, there are two diverging norms which give nh differing values.
In neither norm is nh considered a distinct letter.
In Welsh, nh is a voiceless alveolar nasal, pronounced as //n̥// (a (t) under the nasal mutation).