us_spanish · United States
US Spanish (Dominican-York / NYC Dominican)
Reference-quality preset: a phonetic matrix and a short blurb, not a full flagship build-out. See a flagship variety (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Panama) for situations, cultural context, sayings, and a guided path.
United States · Washington Heights / New York City
Dominican-York Spanish is the second-generation NYC Dominican profile -- distinct from the existing Nuyorican (Puerto Rican) preset in this library. It carries a Cibao-style i-vocalized coda liquid, reshaped by the same English-contact stress-timing found across the city's Spanish-speaking diaspora, plus frequent code-switching with NYC English.
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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 | |
| R Infinitiver_infinitive | vocalize | Drill | |
| Liquid Neutralizationliquid_neutralization | vocalization_i | Drill | |
| Jota Realizationjota_realization | glottal_h | Drill | |
| Vowel Reductionvowel_reduction | nasalized_open | Drill | |
| Intonation Contourintonation_contour | caribbean_staccato | Drill | |
| Syllable Timingsyllable_timing | stress_timed | Drill | |
| Speech Ratespeech_rate | fast | Drill |