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Spanish letter y

This letter can exhibit three sounds: /ʝ/ (Voiced Palatal Fricative), /i/ (Close front unrounded vowel), /j/ (Voiced Palatal Approximant)

ʝ
As consonant
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Sound 1: Voiced Palatal Fricative /ʝ/
	/pɾo̞.ʝe̞kˈt̪äɾ/ (to project)	/ä.ʝuˈðän̪.t̪e̞/ (helper)
	/ne̞.o̞.ʝo̞ɾˈki.no̞/ (of or from New York)	/e̞nˈsä.ʝo̞/ (essay)
	/äˈro̞.ʝo̞/ (brook)	/pɾo̞ˈʝe̞k.to̞/ (plan)
	/mä.ʝo̞ˈɾi.ä/ (majority)	/äˈʝe̞ɾ/ (yesterday)
	/ˈmä.ʝo̞/ (May)	/ˈt̪u.ʝo̞/ (yours)

As conjunction between consonants
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Sound 2: Close Front unrounded vowel /i/
	/ko̞ˈmä.mo̞s i.βe̞ˈβä.mo̞s/ (let´s eat and drink)

j
As conjunction before or after vowel.

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Sound 3: Voiced Palatal Approximant /j/
	/ˈki.t̪äjˈpo̞n/ (replaceable)