Regional Pronunciation

Question

Just for curiosity's sake I'm compiling a list of letters that sound different in different parts of the Spanish-speaking world. Obviously this is an incomplete and over-generalizing list. What I have so far is:

Hago una lista de letras que sueñan diferentes en diferentes partes del mundo hispanohablante. Obviamente la lista no está completa y generaliza mucho. Lo que ya tengo es:

C - Pronounced as 'S' in Latin America and 'TH' in Spain when before an 'E' or 'I'.

J - Spain (Madrid Area) pronounces this with more throat

LL - Pronounced like 'English Y' in Spain and Parts of Latin America. Pronounced more as 'ZH' in Southern Spain and the deeper parts of South America (like in Uruguay)

S - Some speakers in the Caribbean omit this when it's the last sound of a syllable (like in Puerto Rico)

V - Some speakers pronounce it as 'B' while others make a 'V' sound that's different from both the English 'B' and 'V' (but closer to the 'V')

Y - Pronounced like the 'English Y' in Spain and parts of Latin America but more like the English 'J' in parts of South America and Southern Spain (like in Venezuela)

Z - Speakers who pronounce 'C' as 'S' will pronounce 'Z' as 'S' too. Speakers who pronounce 'C' as 'TH' will pronounce Z as 'TH' too.

Can anyone provide more specific information/help me make the above list more complete?

Thank you for posting this, HackerKing. Very useful information for me. :) - rac1, Oct 24, 2013

Answer 1

Y before "i" at least in Colombia is pronounced like English "J" because I have a Colombian friend named Yila and it is pronounced like Geela. I also think it is pronounced that way in other American countries as is Ll. It's difficult to do this in writing if we could post audio files with various dialects that would be ideal.

Answer 2

http://www.forvo.com/

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