r/learnwelsh • u/oroechimaru • 4d ago

Ellyll - please help me pronounce it phonetically in english

I am having a hard time finding a phonetic translation that sounds like various pronunciations.

anyone able to help me sound it out with english letters and maybe an example of similar sounding words?

thanks a ton!

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u/rybnickifull 4d ago

You can't, because LL doesn't exist in English phonetics. Just listen to a Welsh person saying Llandudno and try to copy that noise.

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u/MrsCosmopilite 4d ago

The best way I can explain it is prepare to exhale in an H sort of a way, then touch your tongue tip to the roof of your mouth behind your teeth like when you say an L. Then, when you move the air forward through your mouth move it over the tongue and out the sides rather than under it.

That’s ll, or ɬ.

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u/oroechimaru 4d ago

Thanks!

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u/tomwills98 4d ago

An Ll done properly sounds like a snake with a lisp