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Nicaragua (Caribbean Coast / Bluefields)
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Nicaragua · Bluefields / Caribbean Coast
English-Creole and Miskito contact set Bluefields apart from Managua's Pacific norm -- voseo survives, but the rhythm leans stress-timed and coda /s/ weakens all the way to deletion, further than the Pacific side's aspiration-only norm.
Voseo, shared with the Pacific sideCoda /s/ deleted (further than Pacific-side aspiration)English-creole and Miskito contact influenceStress-timed rhythm
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| Feature | Value | Meaning | Drill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed Languagesmixed_languages | — | Drill | |
| S Treatments_treatment | delete | Drill | |
| Intonation Contourintonation_contour | central_american_sing | Drill | |
| Syllable Timingsyllable_timing | stress_timed | Drill | |
| Tuteo Voseotuteo_voseo | voseo | Drill |