In which language is J pronounced as H?

In which language is J pronounced as H?

The letter “J” stood for the English equivalent of “Y” once. In Spanish, it once sounded like the French “J”, and over time morphed into something that sounds like “H” to English ears. Hence your question.

What sound is á?

Spanish. In Spanish, á is an accented letter, pronounced just the way a is. Both á and a sound like /a/. The accent indicates the stressed syllable in words with irregular stress patterns.

Why is J pronounced as Y?

The reason is very simple. We pronounce these J's like Y's because these words and names are borrowed from languages where the letter J is pronounced like English Y. Instead of changing the spellings to fit our pronunciation system, we kept the spellings from the original languages, and we kept the pronunciations.