Re: Chinese Dialect Question

Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> writes:
>What kind of disfunctioning Spanish dialect are you referring to?! In
>Spanish 'y' is [j] or [dZ] depending on dialect (I've heard [Z] too, so
>there may be others) and 'j' is mainly [x] and sometimes a few other
>pronunciations (like [h]), but absolutely never [j]!!! And 'h' is silent
>(Spanish doesn't have the glottal stop, except maybe in interjections).

In Argentine Spanish, 'y' and 'll' is often said as either /Z/ or /dZ/.
But Mexican Spanish has /j/. The Spanish i learned (which is primarily
Mexican to Central American Dialects) all use /j/ for 'y'. I've never
heard of 'j' being used as in English at all in Spanish. It's either /h/
or /x/ (i tend to do more /h/ which marks me as a non-native speaker,
although i hear native speakers using /h/ a LOT).

Side note: I'm in a Spanish History and Phonetics class. My professor had
us read passages in both English and Spanish and being put on the spot i
turned into a nervous wreck and sounded like a novice pronouncing the
language. Damn my shaky nerves!

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