Re: y sound
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 19, 2003, 8:08 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Barrow" <davidab@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 3:40 AM
Subject: Re: y sound
> I won't argue figures, but most Spanish speakers don't distinguish y and
ll,
> and the pronunciation for ll (and y) in most of South America is [j].
[dZ],
> [Z] and [S] are mostly heard in Argentina and Uruguay
>
My (English) Spanish teacher, who lived in Colombia for a while says [dZ].
And my Mexican Spanish teacher says [J] or [J\], I think.
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