Originally Posted By: twosleepy
the ll. Many times it is taught as the same as a y in English, as in yellow: llama = yama.

The ellya is actually more like lyama than yama - it's just the 'l' version of the enya (ñ). But that's too hard for many English speakers to say, so they simplify it to yama.

 Originally Posted By: twosleepy
In many countries, especially in SA, however, you will find a sound more like sh or dj, or some combination in between: llama = djama.

Or 'zh' or 'dzh'. In Argentina they say it like that. And maybe Uruguay?