Re: y sound

Christophe Grandsire wrote:


> 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).
According to my teacher in Spanish Phonetics, ll is
pronounced as y by 98% of the people who have
Spanish as their first language.

Jessica

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