Re: Q about /c/
| From: | John Quijada <jq_ithkuil@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 25, 2004, 5:45 |
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On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 19:08:20 -0500, Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> wrote:
>Merhaba!
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>Is the phoneme /c/ (palatal stop) that 'hard /j/-sound' that I've heard is
found in Latin American (Castilian?) Spanish, spelled as <ll>?
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>Thanks,
>--Trebor
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No, the Spanish double-l is pronounced in most varieties of Latin American
Spanish as X-SAMPA j\ with some speakers pronouncing it as a voiced palatal
stop when in word-initial position (I can't find the X-SAMPA version but in
IPA it looks like an upside-down f; is it J\ in X-SAMPA?). In California
Spanish (where I live) it is pronounced simply as X-SAMPA j. In Castilian
Spanish, it is pronounced as X-SAMPA L. As for /c/ is is the voiceless
equivalent of the sound I can't find the X-SAMPA. It sounds sort of like
the palatalized "k+y" sound you hear in "back yard" when pronounced
quickly, but it is a single sound, not two. Put your tongue in the
position as if you're going to say the "y" in "yes" and while holding the
tongue in that position, say the /k/ in "king" instead.