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Equatorial Guinea (Malabo / African Spanish)

diasporaintermediate

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Equatorial Guinea · Malabo

The only Spanish-official variety native to Sub-Saharan Africa: /b d g/ resist lenition, coda /s/ shows none of the aspiration common across Latin America, and a Bantu-substrate prosody gives it a distinct, level, syllable-timed cadence unlike any American or Peninsular variety.

/b d g/ resist lenition (no spirantization)No coda /s/ aspiration (fully retained)Bantu-substrate syllable-timed prosodyDistinct, level intonation

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FeatureValueMeaningDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
S Treatments_treatmentstandardDrill
D Intervocalicd_intervocalicstandardDrill
B D G Fortitionb_d_g_fortitionYesDrill
Vowel Reductionvowel_reductioncrisp_openDrill