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Old February 06, 2014, 03:26 PM
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Pronunciation of 'll' in some South American countries

is the 'll' sometimes pronounced 'zh' because a spanish person told me ,they were from either colombia or venezuela.
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Most likely the sound you refer to is Argentine. In Colombia and Venezuela is more likely to sound like a conventional y and sometimes y with a faint j in it.
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Well, in Chile we pronounce those in hard way, although not as hard as Argentinian.
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