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The gli sound in Italian
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23 May 2011 at 11:35pm | IP Logged

Hencke wrote:

Rascheff wrote:

... with the pronunciation of the gli sound. In fact, this consonant isn't used in any other language I know so far and ...

This will not help unless you are familiar with Spanish, but to my ear the Italian gli sounds exactly the same as the (Castilian) Spanish ll-sound.

This is why I love phonology and IPA (for consonants, at least). Wikipedia's page on Spanish phonology mentions this issue in some depth.

wikipedia on Spanish phonology wrote:

Phonemes in parentheses are not present in the dialects of most Spanish-speakers. ... The phoneme /ʎ/ (as distinct from /ʝ/) is found in some areas of Spain (mostly northern and rural) and some areas of South America (mostly highland).

ʎ is the Italian 'gl' sound.

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