Cuban Spanish

E292924

Cuban Spanish is the variety of the Spanish language spoken in Cuba, characterized by distinctive Caribbean phonetics, vocabulary, and influences from African and other immigrant languages.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cuban Spanish canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect of Spanish ⓘ
variety of the Spanish language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Dominican Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Dominican

Puerto Rican Spanish ⓘ
Venezuelan Caribbean Spanish ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociationWith Cuban diaspora communities ⓘ
Cuban identity ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom African languages ⓘ
Chinese languages ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ
Taíno language ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
hasLoanwordsFrom English due to historical and geographic proximity to the United States ⓘ
hasNotableFeature distinctive intonation patterns typical of Caribbean Spanish ⓘ
rapid speech tempo in informal contexts ⓘ
rich vocabulary related to music and dance ⓘ
hasPhoneticFeature aspiration of syllable-final /s/ ⓘ
assibilation or weakening of /r/ in some positions ⓘ
elision of intervocalic /d/ in participles and other words ⓘ
frequent consonant cluster simplification ⓘ
reduction of unstressed vowels in fast speech ⓘ
velar or aspirated realization of /x/ ⓘ
weakening or elision of syllable-final /s/ ⓘ
yeísmo ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Andalusian Spanish ⓘ
Canarian Spanish ⓘ
hasRegionalVariationIn Havana ⓘ
linked to: Havana, Cuba

Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
eastern Cuba ⓘ
western Cuba ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticFeature code-switching with English among some speakers ⓘ
strong presence of colloquial slang ⓘ
use of diminutives and augmentatives for affective meaning ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Argentinian Spanish ⓘ
Colombian Spanish ⓘ
Mexican Spanish ⓘ
Standard Peninsular Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
languageFamily Romance languages ⓘ
partOf Caribbean Spanish ⓘ
spokenIn Cuba ⓘ
standardLanguage Spanish ⓘ
usedBy majority of the population of Cuba ⓘ
usedIn Cuban cinema ⓘ
Cuban literature ⓘ
Cuban popular music ⓘ
Cuban television ⓘ
usesPronounSystem tuteo (use of tú for second person singular informal) ⓘ
ustedeo (use of usted for formal address) ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Cubans → language → Cuban Spanish ⓘ
Lucumí → hasInfluenceFrom → Cuban Spanish ⓘ
Camagüey Province → languageUsed → Cuban Spanish ⓘ
Guáimaro → languageUsed → Cuban Spanish ⓘ