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Like other Latin American Spanish varieties, this dialect is seseante, meaning there is no distinction between s , z , and soft c sounds, differing from a Peninsular Spanish dialect. Cuban Spanish is also similar to most other Latin American dialects by using yeísmo; the letters y and ll are both pronounced [ʝ]. [5]
Radio Reloj (Spanish for Radio Clock) is a government-owned Spanish-language radio station in Cuba.It carries an all-news format and is based in Havana.. The station is noted for the sound of a ticking clock in the background, with its hosts announcing the time, every minute of broadcast.
Cuban Spanish is fonetically very similar to the Spanish spoken elsewhere in the Carribean. Further point: all of the dialectal features mentioned as "unique to Cuban Spanish" can be found all over the Spanish speaking world.
Clave is a Spanish word meaning 'code,' 'key,' as in key to a mystery or puzzle, or 'keystone,' the wedge-shaped stone in the center of an arch that ties the other stones together. The rhythm also gave the name to the claves Afro-Cuban musical instrument which consists of a pair of hardwood sticks.
The alveolar trill [r] is one of the most difficult sounds to produce in Spanish and is acquired later in development. [136] Research suggests that the alveolar trill is acquired and developed between the ages of three and six years. [137] Some children acquire an adult-like trill within this period, and some fail to properly acquire the trill.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Spanish on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Spanish in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
This week following the primaries, I’ve looked into controversial comments made by Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez about Cuban migrants, rumors that the Miami-Dade School Board is trying to ...
Caribbean Spanish (Spanish: español caribeño, [espaˈɲol kaɾiˈβeɲo]) is the general name of the Spanish dialects spoken in the Caribbean region. The Spanish language was introduced to the Caribbean in 1492 with the voyages of Christopher Columbus .