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Honduras (Bay Islands)

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Honduras · Bay Islands (Roatán, Utila)

An English-Creole-speaking Caribbean archipelago where Spanish is a second language for many islanders. When spoken, it carries a stress-timed rhythm, Caribbean-style vowel opening, and coda /s/ weakened all the way to deletion -- further along than mainland Tegucigalpa's aspirating-only norm.

Stress-timed rhythm (English-creole substrate)Coda /s/ deleted (further than mainland aspiration)Caribbean-style vowel openingVoseo (mainland-shared)

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FeatureValueMeaningDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
S Treatments_treatmentdeleteDrill
Intonation Contourintonation_contourcentral_american_singDrill
Syllable Timingsyllable_timingstress_timedDrill
Tuteo Voseotuteo_voseovoseoDrill