Are S and Z allophones of the same phoneme in Spanish?
Are L and ɫ allophones?
/z/ is not a phoneme of Spanish. This means many Spanish speakers will use [s] instead when saying English words like ‘zoo’, ‘goes’ and ‘easy’. But /z/ occurs naturally in Spanish in some words, like ‘desde’ (in English, ‘since’).
Does the phoneme Z exist in Spanish?
A diphthong is a sound formed by two vowels in a single syllable. In Spanish, diphthongs can be formed by combining a strong vowel (a, e, or o) and a weak vowel (i or u), or by combining two weak vowels.
Allophones are the linguistically non-significant variants of each phoneme. In other words a phoneme may be realised by more than one speech sound and the selection of each variant is usually conditioned by the phonetic environment of the phoneme. then they can be assumed to be allophones of the same phoneme.
What is the phonetic difference between S and Z in Spanish?
Table 1.3 Phonemic status of the sounds [s] and [z] in English and Spanish: two separate phonemes in English but two allophones (variants) of the same phoneme in Spanish.
