che vaqueira

Spanish

Noun

che vaqueira f (plural ches vaqueiras)

1. (linguistics) the allophone of the phoneme /ʎ/ as pronounced in certain dialects of Asturleonese, corresponding to the phonemes [ɖ], [dʐ], [tʂ] or [t͡s]

Usage notes

• In Asturian, there is a letter ḷḷ representing this sound.