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Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo Urban / Prestige)

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Dominican Republic · Santo Domingo (Educated Urban)

The educated, prestige-influenced register of the capital softens the countryside's strongest features: coda /s/ merely aspirates rather than vanishes, and coda /r/ gets only a light, optional softening instead of full lambdacism.

Light, optional r-softening (not full lambdacism)Aspirated (not deleted) coda /s/Educated, prestige-influenced registerVelarized final /n/

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FeatureValueMeaningDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
R Infinitiver_infinitivesoftenDrill
Jota Realizationjota_realizationglottal_hDrill
Intonation Contourintonation_contourcaribbean_staccatoDrill