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Spanish has as much accent variation as English and has managed to develop a reasonable spelling where you know how to pronounce a vast majority of words just b
by skrause 4y ago
Spanish has as much accent variation as English and has managed to develop a reasonable spelling where you know how to pronounce a vast majority of words just by reading them. The spelling doesn't have to be phonetic, just consistent. It should work for English, too.
- jaza 4y agoNope. Spanish dialects vary mainly by consonant sounds, for example, the lisped ("fervefa") vs non-lisped ("servesa") sound in words like "cerveza", and the standard ("yamas") vs Argentine ("shamas") sound in words like "llamas". The vowel sounds - "a", "e", "i", "o", and "u" - are extremely consistent throughout the Spanish speaking world.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoEnglish has a larger vocabulary and no diacritics (that anyone bothers to use), leading to more homophones as a consequence. Different spellings help to disambiguate.