Spanish letter 'g' followed by 'r', 'l', 'a', 'o', 'u' and 'ü' and the letter combination 'gu' followed by 'e' and 'i' Includes sound files!

This letters combinations can exhibit two sounds: /g/ (Voiced velar stop) and /ɰ/ (Voiced velar approximant)

The voiced velar stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɡ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is g
And it occurs in absolute initial position or after 'n'.
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/mäŋ.gä/
(sleeve)
  
/ˈre̞ŋ.go̞/
(lame)

gue̞.ɾo̞/
(blond)
  
/uŋˈgwe̞n̪.t̪o̞/
(ointment)

/ˈle̞ŋ.gwä/
(tongue)
  
/iŋ.ˈgɾe̞.so̞/
(entrance)

/gäˈnä.ðo̞/
(cattle)
  
/go̞lˈpe̞.ä.ðo̞/
(beaten)

gwä.po̞/
(handsome)
  
/glu.ko̞.sä/
(glucose)


The voiced velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɰ⟩

And it occurs always except in absolute initial position or after 'n'.

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/ä.ɰwän̪ˈt̪äɾ/
(to bear)
  
/ˈt̪ɾi.ɰo̞/
(wheat)

/d̪e̞lˈɰä.ðo̞/
(thin)
  
/pulˈɰä.ðä/
(inch)

/e̞n.se̞ˈɰi.ðä/
(right away)
  
/o̞ɾ.t̪o̞.ɰɾäˈfi.ä/
(orthography)

/o̞ɾˈɰu.ʝo̞/
(pride)
  
/ˈmä.ɰo̞/
(magician)

/ä.ro̞ˈɰän̪.t̪e̞/
(arrogant)
  
/ko̞n.se̞ˈɰiɾ/
(to get)


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