Yes, it’s a very similar sound. The Welsh <ll> is the voiceless lateral fricative /ɬ/, which is effectively <tl> without the initial ‘t’ at the start of the pho

Yes, it’s a very similar sound. The Welsh <ll> is the voiceless lateral fricative /ɬ/, which is effectively <tl> without the initial ‘t’ at the start of the phoneme. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_dental_and_alveolar_lateral_fricatives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_dental_and_alveolar_...