Acronym

===General grammatical considerations===
====Declension====
In languages where nouns are [[Declension|declined]], various methods are used. An example is [[Finnish language|Finnish]], where a colon is used to separate inflection from the letters:
*An acronym is pronounced as a word: [[NATO]] or Nato {{IPA-fi|ˈnɑto|}} – {{lang|fi|Natoon}} {{IPA|[ˈnɑtoːn]}} 'into Nato'; another example is {{lang|fi|Nasalta}} 'from [[NASA]]'
*An acronym is pronounced as letters: EU {{IPA|[ˈeːˌʔuː]}} – {{lang|fi|EU:hun}} {{IPA|[ˈeːˌʔuːhun]}} 'into [the] EU'
*An acronym is interpreted as words: EU {{IPA|[euroːpan unioni]}} – {{lang|fi|EU:iin}} {{IPA|[ˈeu̯roːpɑnˌunioniːn]}} 'into [the] EU'
The process above is similar to the way that hyphens are used for clarity in English when prefixes are added to acronyms: thus ''pre-NATO policy'' (rather than ''preNATO'').

====Lenition====
In languages such as [[Scottish Gaelic]] and [[Irish language|Irish]], where [[lenition]] (initial consonant mutation) is commonplace, acronyms must also be modified in situations where case and context dictate it. In the case of Scottish Gaelic, a lower-case ''h'' is often added after the initial consonant; for example, '[[BBC Scotland]]' in the genitive case would be written as {{lang|gd|BhBC Alba}}, with the acronym pronounced ''VBC''. Likewise, the Gaelic acronym for {{lang|gd|telebhisean}} 'television' is {{lang|gd|TBh}}, pronounced ''TV'', as in English.