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Venezuela (Maracaibo / Zulia)
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Venezuela · Maracaibo / Zulia
Zulia is the only voseo-using region of Venezuela, giving Maracaibo Spanish a distinctive melody that sets it apart from the tuteo norm everywhere else in the country.
Voseo (unique within Venezuela): vos hablaisAspirated coda /s/Distinctive Zulian melodyVelarized final /n/
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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 | |
| Jota Realizationjota_realization | glottal_h | Drill | |
| Vowel Reductionvowel_reduction | nasalized_open | Drill | |
| Speech Ratespeech_rate | fast | Drill | |
| Tuteo Voseotuteo_voseo | voseo | Drill |