The 31-year-old Jane The Virgin actress stopped by the program to teach an alphabet lesson with the muppet, but instead of the English alphabet, she suggested they rap the Spanish alphabet.

The inscription, on a slate slab unearthed in Spain, is closely linked to the Phoenician alphabet, which was hugely influential on later writing systems including Latin, Spanish and English.

Distinct in sound and service, the ñ has done more for the Spanish heritage and identity than just give its alphabet a single-letter edge over its 26-letter English counterpart. It appears in ...