Spanish /g/

Aaron E. Drews aaron at LING.ED.AC.UK
Tue Sep 28 19:14:22 UTC 1999


>Or at least /los anxeles/. But can anyone tell us whether that /n/ is
>actually
>realized as a velar nasal before the velar fricative: [los aNxeles]?


Yes, it is.  Nasal assimilation is very common in most varieites of
Spanish.

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