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andean_pacific · Ecuador
Ecuador (Costa / Guayaquil)
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Ecuador · Guayaquil / Coast
Guayaquil breaks sharply from the Ecuadorian highlands: coastal speech aspirates and deletes coda /s/ like a Caribbean variety, closer to Peru's coast than to Quito's mountains, and jota aspirates to [h] rather than the highlands' velar fricative.
Aspirated coda /s/Frequent /s/-deletion in casual speechFast, coastal rhythmJota aspirated to [h] (lowland, unlike Sierra Ecuador)
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| Feature | Value | Meaning | Drill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed Languagesmixed_languages | — | Drill | |
| Jota Realizationjota_realization | glottal_h | Drill | |
| Intonation Contourintonation_contour | caribbean_staccato | Drill | |
| Speech Ratespeech_rate | fast | Drill |