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In some words of Germanic origin (e.g. get, give), loan words from other languages (e.g. geisha, pierogi), and irregular Greco-Latinate words (e.g. gynecology), the hard pronunciation may occur before e i y as well. The orthography of soft g is fairly consistent: a soft g is almost always followed by e i y .
The example word is from the Maastrichtian dialect. See Maastrichtian dialect phonology and Hard and soft G in Dutch: Lishan Didan: Urmi Dialect חלבא / xalwa [xalwɑ] 'milk' Generally post-velar Lithuanian: choras [ˈxɔrɐs̪] 'choir' Occurs only in loanwords (usually international words) Lojban: xatra [xatra] 'letter' Macedonian ...
gu is used in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Catalan for /ɡ/ before front vowels i e ( i e y in English and French) where a "soft g" pronunciation (English /dʒ/; Spanish /x/; French, Portuguese and Catalan /ʒ/) would otherwise occur. In English, it can also be used to represent /ɡw/.
In closed syllables, e.g. in the word con [kɔn] 'with' In both open and closed syllables when in contact with /r/, e.g. in the words corro [ˈkɔrɔ] 'I run', barro [ˈba̠rɔ] 'mud', and roble [ˈrɔβle] 'oak' In both open and closed syllables when before /x/, e.g. in the word ojo [ˈɔxo] 'eye' In the diphthong [oj], e.g. in the word hoy ...
Always hard as g in good, never soft as g in gem. GN [ɡn ~ ŋn] As ngn in wingnut. I [j] Sometimes at the beginning of a syllable, as y in yard, never as j in just. [jː] Geminated between vowels, as y y in toy yacht. L [l] When doubled ll or before i , as clear l in link (known as L exilis). [49] [50] [ɫ]
Ortografía de la lengua española (2010). Spanish orthography is the orthography used in the Spanish language.The alphabet uses the Latin script.The spelling is fairly phonemic, especially in comparison to more opaque orthographies like English, having a relatively consistent mapping of graphemes to phonemes; in other words, the pronunciation of a given Spanish-language word can largely be ...
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