Post by Radrook Admin on Nov 3, 2021 7:10:38 GMT -5
Do Mexicans and other Latin Americans Speak Castellano?
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Please note that Castellano is just a regional variation of Spanish in Spain. Andalusian and Galician are two others. What Mexicans speak is not Castellano. It is a mixture of Castellano interspersed with a host of indigenous terms. Neither is the intonation or pronunciation the same. For example, Castellano pronounces the "c" as "th". Mexican Spanish and all other varieties of the Americas do not.
Caribbean Spanish, spoken in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba, is mostly derived from Andalusia and the Canary Islands. In these Spanish regions, the "S"sounds at the start and at the end of words are very often omitted. Also, the "ädo" Castellano suffix is often replaced with "äu" as in cansado vs cansau, interesado vs interesau. In Puerto Rico the letter R is sometimes replaced by the L sound as is done in the Canary Islands. That was caused by the vast immigration to Puerto Rico from those islands.
Also, please note that not everyone in Spain speaks Spanish. There is also Catalan and the Basque language spoken there. These two regions have often thought about becoming independent nations.
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