Re: Spanish ll in different dialects
| From: | B. Garcia <madyaas@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 28, 2004, 0:23 |
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:43:36 EDT, David Peterson <thatbluecat@...> wrote:
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> Despite the fact that I don't know exactly what you mean by /L/,
> I can assure you that none of my relatives from Mexico have ever
> pronounced "ll" that way. I've only ever heard a mixture between
> [j], [Z] and [dZ]. Both "ll" and "y" get pronounced this way, and an
> individual speaker can have all three (as I and my grandmother
> do).
It is the pronunciation of "ll" as certain Spanish dialects from Spain
pronounce it. Palatalized L.
I too have heard /Z/ and /dZ/ as well from Mexican speakers.
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