What is the Spanish letter LL called?
What is the Spanish letter LL called?
Pronouncing the Spanish Alphabet
| Letter | Letter Name(s) |
|---|---|
| l | ele |
| ll | elle |
| m | eme |
| n | ene |
Is LL in Spanish silent?
Just as you learned in your beginner course or textbook, ll most often sounds like the English letter ‘y’ as in the words “yellow” and “yes”. This is the way ll is pronounced in Spain, parts of Mexico, and most of Central and South America.
How do you pronounce LL in Colombia?
The double L (‘ll’) is commonly pronounced as ‘y’ in Spanish, but the Paisas pronounce it as ‘j’. For example, ‘Medellin’ is pronounced as ‘Me-de-jin’. The letter ‘s’ kind of sounds like ‘sh’. The Paisas use the word ‘Pues’ very often.
Why do some Spanish speakers pronounce LL as J?
The original spanish pronunciation of ll is a palatalized l (full tongue against the palate). This sound diverged through time and different areas. In México you mean hear it as the y in yellow or like j in jello, whereas in most of Argentina and Uruguay you will hear it as sh in show.
What Spanish speaking countries pronounce LL J?
The second way to pronounce the “LL” in Spanish is with a /j/ sound, such as in ‘James’ or ‘jungle’. It’s widely used in other parts of Argentina, some parts of Colombia, Venezuela, and some other countries in central America such as Guatemala.
Why do llamas have 2 l’s?
Why is the word “llama” spelled with a double “l”? “Llama” has two “l”s (els) because English speakers borrowed the name of that South American ruminant from Spanish.
Why do some Spanish people pronounce LL as J?
As you’ve probably realised, ll is very common in Spanish! Rather being a separate letter in the Spanish alphabet, ll is what’s known as a digraph. Put simply, this means it’s a combination of two letters representing a single sound. We also have digraphs in English such as sh, th, and ck.
