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- "Livia est puella."
26 Comments
jonafown
628
As the others said, in classical latin it was a "w" sound, but in vulgar latin, it evolved into the "v" sound as we know it. So depends if you want to put on a late latin accent or a classical one
LawrenceWelch
1068
The male voice says "Live a" instead of "Livia". There is clearly e instead of i, and there is a glottal stop before the a. All the Latin pronunciations here could be improved, but this one is simply mistaken and should be corrected.
you're totally right, I don't know why you've been downvoted. The speakers have a very thick american accent, the audio quality is bad (lots of scratching sounds) and sometimes the pronunciation seems downright wrong. In the case of Livia, what I hear is Leewooeeyah (should be Leeveeah to be correct)