Paraguay

=Language Choice in Paraguay= Arianna Scott

In most Spanish speaking regions, the lowland areas typical trend would show the phonetic feature of ye í smo using only the palatal glide [j] to stand in for both "y" and "ll". However, in lowland Paraguay they use the speech phenomena known as lle í smo, which means they use both the palatal glide [j] = "y", and the palatal lateral [λ]="ll". Speakers in Paraguay use this particular dialect in order to distinguish themselves from their similarly lowland neighbors of Argentina.

To listen to a how a speaker from Paraguay would say a word with the "ll" sound, click here: [|Univ of Iowa Phonetics Flash Animation Project]
 * Select Modo
 * Select Laterales
 * Select [λ]