Yo and Jo pronunciations

Question

Y and J sounds confuse me in Spanish! Example, is it pronounced YO SOY or JOE SOY? Is it a dialect difference in phonetics? If so what countries use J sound versus Y sound....If i wanna learn espanol international, do i use J or Y sound por favor? Keep your answers short when u answer please. Thanks-a-ton!! Muchas Gracias!

it depends from the country but you can say both you can say joe in a sentence and yo in the other - Marine1384, Jul 29, 2017

Answer 1

Hello, welcome to the forum! Here is a link Yo sound that should help you.

It has a video with the proper pronunciation.

Sad to say rac1 I, sort of, take issue with "proper pronunciation". Who pronounces American English "properly"? Is it someone from Boston or from Atlanta or wherever else? Who or what is your authority? - geofc, Nov 12, 2012

Answer 2

I found this site http://es.forvo.com/word/yo/ you can hear spanish people from different countries saying yo.

A very practical suggestion; thanks aileribel. - geofc, Nov 12, 2012

Answer 3

Mostly "Jo" is RioPlatense, that is Argentina in the Buenos Aires area and Uruguay on the other side of the river.

When I lived in Buenos Aires I bought a vacuum cleaner labelled "Yelmo Jet". It was locally pronounced "Jelmo Yet". I'm not kidding. Life is not always simple and as expected.

Memort (probably faulty) says that there is a tendency to use "Jo" in Gallicia too - or do I mean Valencia. Confusing. - geofc, Nov 12, 2012