2007-01-28 11:36:38 · 4 answers · asked by G.O.A.T23 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
As you can see, even native speakers have confusion about this.
The digraphs ch and ll were seen as independent letters in Spanish. But they were only that, digraphs. So the desicion to removed them from the alphabet. But the sounds generated by those clusters remain.
Keeping them as separate letter was as saying that the English language should have a new letter: sh (which is VERY different from the addition of phonemes /s/ and /h/).
Now, in a dictionary you'll find "chal" before "cuerpo" (which makes sense, but if "ch" were a letter, "cuerpo" appeared first).
So, bottom line: ch and ll were removed. But the phonemes generated by the clusters remain.
2007-01-28 14:51:56 · answer #1 · answered by kamelåså 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"ch" and "ll" were removed as letters in the dictionary, but there was never any intent to remove them from the alphabet. Words beginning with either of these letters (or pairs of letters, depending on who you ask) are now alphabetized they way an English-speaker would expect, whereas before they would have come completely after the "c" and "l" words. However, as previously mentioned, they are still considered letters in the alphabet.
2007-01-28 11:56:58 · answer #2 · answered by Geoffrey F 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They say that the "ch" and the "ll" were removed but in real life it is not true as kids still learn the alphabet at school with those two letters included.
I live in Spain.
2007-01-28 11:48:35 · answer #3 · answered by Martha P 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ch, ll, and rr.
2007-01-28 12:00:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋