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This article is about the phonology and phonetics of the Spanish language. Unless otherwise noted, statements refer to Castilian Spanish, the standard dialect used in Spain on radio and television.[1][2][3][4] For historical development of the sound system, see History of Spanish. For details of geographical variation, see Spanish dialects and varieties.
Phonemic representations are written inside slashes (/ /), while phonetic representations are written in brackets ([ ]).
^Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House Inc., 2006
^The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.), Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006
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