The letters b and v have several possible names in Spanish. Is there an official, language academy-sponsored name for these letters? If not, what are the most common and standard names?
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The Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas from the RAE claims that:
As a side note, the RAE also claims that:
Which means:
Therefore, the labiodental pronunciation of ve (i.e. how v is pronounced in English) is not a valid name for v in Spanish. |
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In the list of changes made by RAE in 2010 (see the link below) in the section 2 "Propuesta de un solo nombre para cada una de las letras del abecedario" they propose to use a single name for each of the letters. Their recommendation is the following:
Their commentary:
-- Principales novedades de la última edición de la Ortografía de la lengua española 2010 |
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In the Rio Grande Valley as well as Mexico, many people have trouble making the distinction in pronouncion so, we say: B de Burro Y V de Vaca, thus effecting the clarification between a donkey and a cow. |
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Even though this won't answer fully your question, I've found this on Wikipedia:
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