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| Everything Diglot Groupie France Joined 4692 days ago 87 posts - 167 votes  Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 3 01 May 2012 at 10:41am | IP Logged |
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Hi
I heard this comment that there's a difference in pronunciation of some letters (the "c" and the "z" especially) between Castillan & Latin American Spanish. I use Assimil Spanish which use the European pronunciation. But I much more prefer the Latin American one (especially the Cuban one). How should I pronounce those letters ? Just like a "S" ? Thanks. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ReQuest Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5023 days ago 200 posts - 228 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, French Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 3 01 May 2012 at 11:08am | IP Logged |
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Z , ci, ce are pronounced like THick in most European dialects (some Andalucian dialects don't do it for exemple)
In America this is pronounced as a s, so zapatos sounds like sapatos in America and THapatos Spain. Another difference might be that the J (jota) is a bit stronger, more glutteral in Spain and softer, H like in America (Hell, H), but the "strong Jota" can be heard in parts of México and Perú. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Camundonguinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4740 days ago 273 posts - 500 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish Studies: Swedish | Message 3 of 3 01 May 2012 at 7:02pm | IP Logged |
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The English h [h] for j [x] is somewhat geographically limited: Andalusia, Canary Islands and Caribbean.
In Argentina J is [x] (english H [h] is used for the s at the end of the syllable): justo ['xuhto]...In Carribean it's ['huhto]. The sound of Y varies too: Yale is pronounced Yale in Chile, Jail in Colombia, and Shale in Argentina and Uruguay. ;) Edited by Camundonguinho on 01 May 2012 at 7:05pm 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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