Puerto Rican Spanish
E1221
Puerto Rican Spanish is the variety of Spanish spoken in Puerto Rico, characterized by Caribbean phonetics, distinctive vocabulary, and influences from Taíno, African, and U.S. English languages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Puerto Rican Spanish canonical | 5 |
| Spanish in Puerto Rico | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caribbean Spanish dialect
ⓘ
variety of the Spanish language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
español de Puerto Rico
ⓘ
español puertorriqueño ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Puerto Rican identity
ⓘ
Puerto Rican music genres such as salsa ⓘ bomba and plena traditions ⓘ reggaetón lyrics ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
African languages
ⓘ
Andalusian Spanish ⓘ Canarian Spanish ⓘ Taíno ⓘ
surface form:
Taíno languages
American English ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. English
|
| hasNotableWord |
boricua
ⓘ
bregar (to deal with, manage) ⓘ carro (for car, preferred over coche) ⓘ chavos (money) ⓘ china (for orange) ⓘ china (sweet orange, from Taíno) ⓘ china de jugo (orange juice orange) ⓘ corillo (group of friends) ⓘ guagua (for bus) ⓘ guineo (banana) ⓘ habichuelas (beans) ⓘ janguear (from English hang out) ⓘ jíbaro ⓘ maní (peanut) ⓘ nena (for girl, child) ⓘ nene (for boy, child) ⓘ pichear (to ignore, from pitch) ⓘ zafacón (trash can) ⓘ |
| hasPhoneticFeature |
aspiration of syllable-final /s/
ⓘ
assibilation or weakening of /r/ in some positions ⓘ lateralization of /r/ to /l/ in some speakers ⓘ reduction of unstressed vowels in rapid speech ⓘ velarization of word-final /n/ ⓘ weakening or elision of syllable-final /s/ ⓘ yeísmo ⓘ |
| hasRegionalVariation |
rural speech varieties
ⓘ
urban speech varieties ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature |
code-switching with English among bilingual speakers
ⓘ
use of Spanglish in informal contexts ⓘ variation between island and diaspora communities ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Romance languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Spanish
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish language
|
| regulatedBy |
Royal Spanish Academy
ⓘ
surface form:
Real Academia Española (de facto, via general Spanish norms)
|
| spokenIn | Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| standardBasedOn | general Latin American Spanish orthographic norms ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Puerto Ricans
ⓘ
surface form:
Puerto Rican diaspora in the United States
majority of Puerto Rico population ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Spanish in Puerto Rico