by Gareth (guest)
12/4/2003, 3:16 PM
I'm not sure that 'hl' correctly describes the sound of LL in Welsh. It is a voiceless, that is the sound is achieved by blowing rather than using the vocal chords. Various guides recommend the following:
1) Put tongue in "l" position and try to hiss.
2) A voiceless 'L' produced by positioning the tongue to pronouce 'L' and blowing.
To answer the original query. The 'C' is always hard in Welsh. As in 'cap', never as in 'city'.