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Chile (Santiago / Urban)
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Chile · Santiago / Urban
Chilean Spanish is the fastest variety in the Spanish-speaking world: glottal stops replace dropped codas, /tʃ/ fronts to [ʃ], /tɾ/ frictionalizes, and both tú and vos appear depending on the speaker.
Glottal stop insertion/tɾ/ fricatization: tres -> [ʈʂes]Ch fronted to [ʃ]Heavy final-consonant dropVery fast speech rate
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Every phonetic parameter that deviates from this schema’s diffing anchor, with a plain-English gloss.
| Feature | Value | Meaning | Drill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed Languagesmixed_languages | — | Drill | |
| Ch Realizationch_realization | sh_fronted | Drill | |
| T Fricatizationt_fricatization | Yes | Drill | |
| Glottal Stop Insertionglottal_stop_insertion | Yes | Drill | |
| Syncopationsyncopation | Yes | Drill | |
| Intonation Contourintonation_contour | chilean_fast_fall | Drill | |
| Speech Ratespeech_rate | very_fast | Drill | |
| Tuteo Voseotuteo_voseo | mixed_tu_vos | Drill |