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US Spanish (Nuyorican / NYC Puerto Rican)
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United States · New York City / Nuyorican
A Puerto Rican base reshaped by generations of English contact in New York: the velar R and lambdacism survive, but the rhythm drifts toward the stress-timing of surrounding English.
Puerto Rican velar R baseLambdacism, alongside English-contact rhythmStress-timed rhythm (English influence)Frequent code-switching register
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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 Initialr_initial | velar_h | Drill | |
| Lambdacismlambdacism | Yes | Drill | |
| Liquid Neutralizationliquid_neutralization | lambdacism | 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 |