Spain LL & Y pronunciations.

Question

Which parts of Spain pronounces the "y" in "yo" as a "j"? (I saw another forum post about the "y" being in the beginning of the word. Is it pronounced as a "y" elsewhere?)

And what about the "LL" pronunciation? How is it pronounced in Spain?

Answer 1

"LL" can also be pronounced as "LY", and my friend from alicante pronounces it that way, so amarillo would be "A-MA-REE-LYO".

Answer 2

I've never heard of the 'y' in 'yo' being pronounced as a 'j', but I could be wrong.

The 'LL' is usually pronounced in Spain as the 'y' in 'yes' (ie: 'amarillo' would be pronounced 'A-MA-REE-O').

Answer 3

I was looking for resources that could help better distinguish a Spain accent (around Madrid more specifically) and I recorded this yesterday:

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/clXil9Vcuy (video requires Java to be installed)

I'm not really interested in the Fluenz program, I kind of find it boring, but I just recorded it so maybe someone could try to explain what region that is from? (It does list this as Spain Spanish!) I'm just going to go with the "y" sound now, but I'd still like to know.

Thanks!

Answer 4

Here they use the Spanish LL sound (it's a bit like "li", with the tongue touching the palate).The song starts about 1:50. La lluvia en Sevilla es pura maravilla

Aymara people also make that distinction hear at 1:01 the word "Kollasuyo"

Answer 5

i know some parts of South America pronounce the "LL" is pronounced like a "j". for example some parts of Argentina and Ecuador pronounce the double L like a j.
As far as i know, Spain pronounces the "LL" like a "Y" The double L being pronounced as a J is a regional dialect