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Honduran Spanish, as a Central American variety, pronounces the fricative /x/, written with j or g , as a simple aspiration . [3] /ʝ/ is at times elided in contact with front vowels. [3] Word-final /n/ becomes velarized, as . [3] /s/ is often aspirated or elided in word- or syllable-final position. As an apparent extension of this, it may even ...
The language of the Honduran Lencas is considered an extinct language. Because it is already in danger of extinction, it has a population of 300 to 594 semi-speakers. Its geographical location is between the western departments of Honduras, as they are: Lempira, Intibucá, La Paz, also they are in smaller quantity in the central departments of Santa Barbara, Comayagua Department, Francisco ...
In the 22nd edition of the Royal Spanish Academy's dictionary, published in 2001, the Academia Hondureña de la Lengua made a significant contribution to the world of the Spanish language: 1,950 Honduran words were added to the reference book. In the previous edition, in 1992, only 302 had been registered.
Although their tribal language is nearly extinct, and their culture has changed in other ways over the centuries due to the Spanish influence, the Lenca continue to preserve some custom ways and identify as tribal people. There are programs and dictionaries to help revitalize the language and custom Lenca culture.
The list of colloquial expressions in Honduras (hondureñismos) are Spanish expressions that are unique to Honduras. In 1899, Alberto de Jesus Membreño published the first dictionary with the title "Hondureñismos. Provincial Vocabulary of Honduras."
Ñ-shaped animation showing flags of some countries and territories where Spanish is spoken. Spanish is the official language (either by law or de facto) in 20 sovereign states (including Equatorial Guinea, where it is official but not a native language), one dependent territory, and one partially recognized state, totaling around 442 million people.
While there are other types of regional variation in Peninsular Spanish, and the Spanish of bilingual regions shows influence from other languages, the greatest division in Old World varieties is from north to south, with a central-northern dialect north of Madrid, an Andalusian dialect to the south, and an intermediary region between the two ...
Central American Spanish (Spanish: español centroamericano or castellano centroamericano) is the general name of the Spanish language dialects spoken in Central America. More precisely, the term refers to the Spanish language as spoken in Costa Rica , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , and Nicaragua .