Re: Chinese Dialect Question

H. S. Teoh wrote:

>Speaking of Portuguese... I find it rather annoying that _r_ is pronounced
>[x]. And Spanish always confuses me with _y_ being [dZ] and _j_ being [j]
>which is swapped from the English usage. As with using _h_ for [?].
>
Not quite , Spanish _ y _  is basically [j]. [dZ] is limited to
Argentina and Uruguay and perhaps a few areas of a few other countries.
_ j _ is [x] or [C] like standard German _ ch _  and  _ h _ is silent.

David Barrow