Caribbean Spanish
Caribbean Spanish (Spanish: "español caribeño") is the general name of the Spanish dialects spoken in the Caribbean region. The Spanish language was introduced to the Caribbean in 1492 with the voyages of Christopher Columbus. It resembles the Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands, and, more distantly, the Spanish of western Andalusia. More precisely, the term refers to the Spanish language as spoken in the Caribbean island nations of Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, as well as on the Caribbean coasts of Panama, Venezuela and Colombia.