Correct pronunciation for 'Ella': eyya or ejja?
What is the correct pronunciation for 'Ella': ~eyya or ejja? I have heard both the pronunciations in the lessons. Does it depend on some context?
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Choose the one you like, both are correct as is sh from Argentina. It's not based on context, just preference of speaker.
Compare the different pronuncations of llorar for instance - https://forvo.com/word/llorar/#es
My Spanish teacher is from Argentina. It took me a little while to get used to her pronouncing ella like "asia"! I'm used to accents from North or Central America.
The voices in Duolingo are computer-generated and often not a reliable gauge of how something is pronounced. I highly recommend the website forvo, so that you can hear how real people from all over the world pronounce any particular word. https://forvo.com/word/ella/
It depends on dialect and speaker's preferences. In most dialects, both y and ll sound the same, [ʝ], listen to the audios.
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Look at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye%C3%ADsmo
Ella→ /eʎa/ (like italian gli→ coniglio, voglio/
Yeísmo
Ella→/eʝa/ (ll like english sound gia /dʒa/ of giant /ˈdʒaɪənt/
