... and v have the same sound as in English, depending on where they are in the word. When they are in an initial position, the b of burro is the same as the b of but,and the same goes for the v in ... over the weaker or less sonorous. If both vowels are weak (i and u), the stress falls on the last of the two, as: ruido (noise), viuda (widow)ii Thegradual scale of the sonority or strength of the ... contains threeSYLLABLESTILDE The orthographic sign over the n >˜n that changes the sound. The n of pino has the English sound n as inpine,while the ˜n of ni˜no has the English sound ni as...