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Cuba (Central / Camaguey-Las Villas)
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Cuba · Camaguey / Las Villas
Central Cuba is genuinely transitional: speakers here vary between Havana's gemination and Oriente's plain aspiration rather than committing fully to either strategy.
Aspirated coda /s/ (transitional, not full gemination)Occasional coda liquid softeningGlottal jotaFast Caribbean rhythm
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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 | |
| R Infinitiver_infinitive | soften | Drill | |
| Jota Realizationjota_realization | glottal_h | Drill | |
| Vowel Reductionvowel_reduction | nasalized_open | Drill | |
| Intonation Contourintonation_contour | caribbean_staccato | Drill | |
| Speech Ratespeech_rate | fast | Drill |