page_title: Phonological history of Spanish coronal fricatives
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: Phonological history of Spanish coronal fricatives / Origins
caption_attribution_description: English: Iberian seseo
context_page_description: In Spanish dialectology, the realization of coronal fricatives is one of the most prominent features distinguishing various dialect regions. The main three realizations are the phonemic distinction between and, the presence of only an alveolar, or, less commonly, the presence of only a denti-alveolar that is similar to.
  While an urban legend attributes the presence of the dental fricative to a Spanish king with a lisp, the various realizations of these coronal fricatives are actually a result of historical processes that date back to the 15th century.
caption: Map showing the presence or absence of /θ/ in the Iberian Peninsula. Areas in light green are either seseo zones for Spanish and Galician or areas where other languages without the [s] / [θ] contrast are spoken.
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