En réponse à Chris Bates :
>top, its a palatal nasal) , and my dictionary claim spanish has a
>lateral palatal approximant as well ll, but I've only ever heard ll
>pronounced y.
It's indeed the most common pronunciation in Spain. But in Castille it is
still pronounced /L/ (the lateral palatal approximant).
> Of course, in english at least y is also used to represent
>vowel sounds i: and I. Offhand I can't think of an example of y
>representing the diphthong ai like the letter i can do in english, but
>there must be one.
Cypher, apply, etc...
Christophe Grandsire.
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