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El Salvador

central_americanintermediate

El Salvador · San Salvador

Salvadoran Spanish uses voseo consistently and carries the region's sing-song contour, with coda /s/ softening toward aspiration in casual speech and jota realized as [h] like the rest of Central America.

Voseo: vos hablás, vos tenésCentral American sing-song intonationAspirated coda /s/ in casual speechJota aspirated to [h]

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FeatureValueMeaningDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
Jota Realizationjota_realizationglottal_hDrill
Intonation Contourintonation_contourcentral_american_singDrill
Final Syllable Lengtheningfinal_syllable_lengtheningYesDrill
Tuteo Voseotuteo_voseovoseoDrill