Re: Spanish /h/ (was: German reputation)

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:12:06 +0200, Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...> wrote:
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> B. Garcia wrote:
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> > Philippines Spanish retained the pronunciation of /h/ for |h|
> > (originating from /f/).
>
> I would appreciate if somebody could specify other Spanish dialects that do
> the same. I need it for bringing my Arabo-Romance project "Ajami" closer to
> reality. For now it retains most of original /f/s as /h^/ [X].
>
> -- Yitzik
Philippines Spanish in essence preserved some of the habits of speech
of Spanish during the old Spanish Era (of course it's not an archaic
dialect, it's changed) but by and large it caught Spanish at a time
before the modern pronunciations took full effect. Interestingly,
though there was extensive trade with Mexico, and on broad lines the
Spanish in the Philippines is like that of Latin America, Speakers
tend to keep a more conservative stance (it is what differentiates the
landowners and Spanish descendants from the rest of the people), and
actively pronounce c before i and e and z before all vowels as /T/.


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