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andean_pacific · Ecuador
Ecuador (Amazonian / Oriente)
andean_pacificintermediate
Ecuador · Oriente / Amazon Basin
Ecuador's easternmost variety, shaped by Kichwa contact, shares the highlands' assibilated /r/ and retained /s/, but at a slower, more level pace than Quito's rising Sierra norm.
Assibilated /r/Retained sibilant /s/Kichwa-contact vowel patterningSlower, more level 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 | |
| S Treatments_treatment | sibilant_sharp | Drill | |
| R Initialr_initial | assibilated | Drill | |
| Vowel Reductionvowel_reduction | crisp_open | Drill | |
| Speech Ratespeech_rate | slow | Drill |