GWendel wrote:
> >..... Spanish, on the other hand, has 5 vowels only. > > Heeeyyyy...wainuhminute! Spanish must have more than 5 vowels? > > What about -ay as in "No hay nada"?
That's not really a vowel. It's a diphthong composed by 'a' and a semi-vowel, /y/. > > or [O] as in "La historia" or "Senor" (as distinct from the o in "No")?
Mmm... I don't hear any difference there, and Spanish speakers are notorious, when they try to speak Portuguese, for being unable to produce more than one 'o'-like and 'e'-like vowel. That book for teaching American English Pronunciation I mentioned some posts before corroborates what I hear: it says Spanish and Japanese are two examples of languages with 5 vowels only.
Bye,
Caio Rossi Sao Paulo, Brazil
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