In Metro Manila alone, there are two cities with the letter ñ: Las Piñas and Parañaque. Or you might want to visit or send something to places like Biñan or Dasmariñas. You might have friends whose first names are Niño or Niña or whose last names are Muñoz, Peña, Ordoñez, Ibañez, Nuñez, or Mañalac. Today, while Ñ is one of the least commonly used letters in our alphabet, it is something that we encounter a lot especially in proper names.Įvery so often, you would find yourself having to type this letter to spell a name of a person. It’s one of the many influences that Spain left after over three centuries of colonization. Ñ (capital Ñ, small ñ, pronounced enye) is one of the letters that we borrowed from foreign languages and adapted into the modern Filipino alphabet.
HOW TO ADD A TILDE ON PC FOR MAC
If you’re using MS Word on Mac, the process for Mac applies. To create a lowercase ñ, press Ctrl + Shift + Tilde (~) and then type n.
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HOW TO ADD A TILDE ON PC HOW TO
When typing on MS Word on a Windows PC, you have two options on how to insert Ñ/ñ. To summarize, here are the keyboard shortcuts: Option N + N or long press N. For an uppercase Ñ, you should type an uppercase N as well (by holding shift as you press N). Release the Option key and press n again to create ñ. OPTION B: Hold the OPTION button then press N.OPTION A: Press and hold the N button and it will show Ñ in a list of options.Paste (Ctrl+V) it on the file you’re typing in.Double click the Ñ/ñ to select and click Copy.Open the Character Map app and look for Ñ/ñ.On the task bar, click the Windows icon.If your laptop doesn’t have a numeric keypad, you can find Ñ/ñ using the character map. To easily remember, here are the keyboard shortcuts:
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Note that this would only work if your computer / laptop has a numeric keypad located on the right side of the keyboard. For the uppercase Ñ, hold the Alt key then type 165.
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HOW TO ADD A TILDE ON PC ANDROID
Like on an iPhone, you can type Ñ/ñ on an android phone the same way. The technique: Keep the Shift key pressed, then without releasing Shift, keep the letter A pressed until a menu appears above the letter E, then click on the proposition  and finally release everything, which will bring up the symbol 'capital A circumflex accent' : Â.