Talk:Cuban Spanish

message: In my opinion, as someone who has no knowlege of the spanish spoken in Cuba, some more examples of unique words or phases use in Cuba would make the article much more useful.  How about adding a whole list? Can anyone help?
Ian Howell 121.72.9.121 (talk) 05:39, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  How about some examples? 

message: ALL features mentioned in the article as distinct Cuban Spanish features are present in almost the whole of Latin America, or at the least the greater part. What about mentioning REAL differences, such as the pharyngeal pronounciation of /x/ (j) as [ħ] in Havana speech, and eliminating all those redunduncies? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.37.68.146 (talk) 19:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where is the difference after all? 

message: If anyone knows more about it, you should add a section about the effect of the Castro Revolution on cuban Spanish--with, of course, an acknowledgement that there are large exile communities that identify very strongly with Cuba and don't use these recent evolutions. I've heard of at least one change--the use of compañero. I'm pretty sure it's at least the dominant substitute for muchacho or chico. Don't know if it's also used for señor, but it wouldn't be surprising, since the Soviets used the Russian word for "citizen" that way in the Soviet era. I also wonder if the Cuban communists encouraged widespread or universal tuteo, as has been common for revolutionaries since the Jacobins.205.212.74.148 15:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Communists 

message: As you know that Cuba received the most Canarian immigrants in Latin America, except for Venezuela. Because of this, many Cubans are just Canarians who grew up in Cuba, and some are just mixes of Canarian, Galician, and Asturian(different regions of Spain). But, because of the huge Canarian emigration, the Canarians pretty much formed the base for the Cuban dialect themselves, with help from others. But, the swapping of cultures between the Canary Islands and Cuba is also bi-directional, to the point that much of the music in the Canary Islands stems from Cuban music. As you can see in the link below, the Canarian dialect of Spanish is close enough to Cuban Spanish, that when a Cuban comes in contact with a Canarian he/she may think they are Cubans from a different part of the Island. Also, when a Canarian hears a hears a Cuban speak, they may assume that they are Canarian from another part of the archipelago( usually the island of La Palma). Here is a video of Canarian Banana farmers in the Canary Islands.     
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rkVe4GRFN0
Louisianamade 12:50, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cuban Spanish Is almost Identical to Canarian Spanish(Canary Islands, Spain) 

message: To answer the question about where does the word guagua come from, I am a Canary Islander descendent of Louisiana in the USA, that immigrated here back in 1775-1783. The are many Louisiana Canary Islanders known as "Isleños", that still speak Canarian spanish (due to isolation over time in fishing villages outside of New Orleans). 
The word guagua is in OUR vocabulary meaning the opposite route of transfer. Such as getting a ride, or to go to the other side. This is found in the spanish of Louisiana Canary Islanders that comes from over 225 years ago. The word is now known for a public bus in Louisiana spanish also. The word guagua is used in the Canary Islands to mean public bus. The word bears the resemblance and characteristics in the form of Guanche (Native Canarian) words from the Canary Islands. Also, guagua is used to refer to a public bus in most every country where Canary Islander immigrants went.
To me it sounds as if the word for guagua would come from an old Canarian word for "getting a ride, or "to the other side" rather than the Taino "bug", which doesn't sound like much to describe the public bus. 
Viva la cultura Canaria en to'o'l mundo. Cuba is full of Canary Islander culture and vice versa.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.139.222.5 (talk) 21:49, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  To answer the origins of the word guagua 

message: Do African Cubans have their own dialect or dialects of Cuban Spanish? This needs to be addressed in the article. Gringo300 (talk) 20:35, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well it only needs to be addressed if they do. Is there any evidence that black people have their own dialect of Spanish anywhere? I suspect not. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:51, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It has to be taken into consideration that there are probably thousands of different black ethnic groups, speaking thousands of different languages- black people aren't all just one single group of people. I've heard from many sources that many African Cubans are Yoruba and speak Yoruba, as well as Cuban Spanish. It seems plausible to me that the Cuban Spanish of African Cubans would be influenced by Yoruba and/or other African languages. Gringo300 (talk) 18:27, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: African Cubans

message: Some of what I've raed, specially about how Cubans slip the intersilabical "s", rounds to me more dominican than Cuban. I'm not an expert, but we tend on the contrary to emphasize the "s" sound. Cuban "s" would sound "fressco" rather than "freco" as it's pointed in this article. "Freco" is instead a very com on way in Dominican Republic.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.177.143 (talk) 21:30, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Cuban "s" 

message: The list at the end of the Phonology section appears to have copy-pasted entries that were edited for each line (presumably so the author wouldn't have to type out the formatting multiple times), but they forgot to change all the "/d/"s into the appropriate consonant.  For example, "/d/ + /n/: [nn]" should most likely be "/n/ + /n/: [nn]", with an "n" in place of the "d".
Colin0325 (talk) 00:20, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The /d/ is correct, that's the way the source cited analyzes it phonemically. Erinius (talk) 08:23, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Since that underlying /d/ is a rather unusual or at least not mainstream phonological interpretation, I think the author of the source should be mentioned in the text. --Jotamar (talk) 18:21, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Apparently the coda liquids can occasionally surface as [d], according to that article. Erinius (talk) 23:53, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciations appear to be copy-pasted 

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