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Panama (Urban / Coastal)

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Panama · Panama City / Coastal

Panamanian Spanish drops whole unstressed syllables in casual speech (syncopation) and softens rather than deletes the infinitival /r/.

Syncopation: whole syllables elideSoftened infinitival /r/Aspirated coda /s/

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FeatureValueMeaningDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
R Infinitiver_infinitivesoftenDrill
Jota Realizationjota_realizationglottal_hDrill
Vowel Reductionvowel_reductionnasalized_openDrill
Hiatus Resolutionhiatus_resolutionsyncopateDrill
SyncopationsyncopationYesDrill
Intonation Contourintonation_contourcaribbean_staccatoDrill
Speech Ratespeech_ratefastDrill