Hungarian gy
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Linguistics & Pronunciation
Gy is the thirtheenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet. It represents a voiced palatal plosive /ɟ/. In Hungarian, the letter's name is "dyay."Usage
It is only used and pronounced in this way in Hungarian. In Hungarian, even if two characters are put together to make a different sound, they are considered one letter, and even acronyms keep the letter intact.Examples
- These examples are Hungarian words that use the letter gy, with the English pronunciation with letter romanization following.
- gyám = guardian
- gyep = lawn
- gyík = lizard
- gyom = weed
- gyufa = match
- agy = brain
- ágy = bed
- ügy = affair
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