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US Spanish (Chicano / Southwest)
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United States · Southwest / Chicano
A Mexican base reshaped by generations of English contact in the American Southwest: retained crisp /s/ and the fronted CH of northern Mexico persist, riding on an English-influenced stress-timed rhythm.
Mexican-base retained /s/CH fronted to [ʃ] (northern Mexican inheritance)Stress-timed rhythm (English contact)Frequent code-switching register
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Active features
Every phonetic parameter that deviates from this schema’s diffing anchor, with a plain-English gloss.
| Feature | Value | Meaning | Drill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed Languagesmixed_languages | — | Drill | |
| S Treatments_treatment | sibilant_sharp | Drill | |
| Ch Realizationch_realization | sh_fronted | Drill | |
| Vowel Reductionvowel_reduction | crisp_open | Drill | |
| Syllable Timingsyllable_timing | stress_timed | Drill | |
| Speech Ratespeech_rate | fast | Drill |