Re: y sound

From: "Christophe Grandsire" <christophe.grandsire@...>
Subject: Re: y sound


> 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).
But over here in California, I hear a /dZj/ sound all the time in "llego",
"llamar", etc.

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