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Mexico (Northern / Norteño)

mexicointermediate

Mexico · Northern Mexico / Norteño

Norteño Spanish fronts /tʃ/ to [ʃ] and moves noticeably faster than the central highland norm, while keeping coda /s/ just as sharp and retained.

CH fronted to [ʃ]: muchacho -> mushashoFaster tempo than central MexicoRetained sibilant /s/Crisp, open vowels

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Active features

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FeatureValueMeaningDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
S Treatments_treatmentsibilant_sharpDrill
Ch Realizationch_realizationsh_frontedDrill
N Final Velarizationn_final_velarizationNoDrill
Vowel Reductionvowel_reductioncrisp_openDrill
Speech Ratespeech_ratefastDrill