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Venezuela (Andean / Mérida-Táchira)

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Venezuela · Mérida / Táchira

Conservative highland Venezuelan Spanish bordering Colombia keeps coda /s/ sharp and defaults to ustedeo, standing apart from the aspirating, tuteo-leaning Caribbean coast.

Retained sharp /s/ (unlike coastal Venezuela)Ustedeo as the default registerConservative, unreduced consonantsAndean rising intonation

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FeatureValueMeaningDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
S Treatments_treatmentsibilant_sharpDrill
N Final Velarizationn_final_velarizationNoDrill
Vowel Reductionvowel_reductioncrisp_openDrill
Intonation Contourintonation_contourandean_risingDrill
Tuteo Voseotuteo_voseoustedeoDrill