[OFF-TOPIC]Re[4]:[EVA] Re: another japanese question

[gallegos]

Elizabeth A. Denton wrote:

>     The sound of B is bilabial and V is labiodental. When transcribing
>
> >     foreign words to katakana in the past, the subtle nuance between
> these
> >     sounds could not be reflected by the more simplified Japanese
> sound
> >     system so B and V were reduced to B (ba, bi, bu, be, bo).
> >
> >     ## I read that B and V are also indistinguishable in Spanish. Is
> it
> >     ## true?
> As far as I know it is, and I have been studying spanish for the past
> 7
> years. (My gods! Has it been that long?)
>
>  

well, depending the word and the country, in spain is distingiblish, but
in mexico not.