central_american · Costa Rica
Costa Rica (Limón / Afro-Caribbean)
Costa Rica · Limón
English-Creole contact on the Caribbean coast makes Limón Spanish sound utterly unlike the Central Valley's assibilated-r, ustedeo norm: coda /s/ weakens all the way to deletion (further along than the Central Valley's fully retained /s/), final /n/ velarizes, and the rhythm shifts toward stress-timing.
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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 | |
| S Treatments_treatment | delete | Drill | |
| Intonation Contourintonation_contour | caribbean_staccato | Drill | |
| Syllable Timingsyllable_timing | stress_timed | Drill | |
| Speech Ratespeech_rate | fast | Drill |