Canarian Spanish
E13376
Canarian Spanish is a regional variety of Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands, characterized by features influenced by Andalusian Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American dialects.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ibero-Romance lect
ⓘ
dialect of Spanish ⓘ regional variety of Spanish ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Andalusian Spanish
ⓘ
Caribbean Spanish ⓘ
surface form:
Caribbean Spanish varieties
|
| contrastsWith |
Spanish
ⓘ
surface form:
Castilian Spanish
|
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
frequent elision of final consonants in rapid speech
ⓘ
reduction of consonant clusters in coda position ⓘ use of diminutives and affective suffixes similar to Latin American Spanish ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
lexical similarities with Caribbean Spanish
ⓘ
loanwords from English via contact with British communities ⓘ loanwords from Portuguese ⓘ presence of many Guanche substrate words ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
reduced use of vosotros verb forms
ⓘ
use of ustedes instead of vosotros for the second person plural ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
aspiration or loss of syllable-final /s/
ⓘ
seseo ⓘ tendency to pronounce word-final /r/ softly or elide it ⓘ velar or aspirated realization of /x/ ⓘ weakening of intervocalic /d/ ⓘ yeísmo ⓘ |
| hasProsodicFeature | distinctive intonation patterns compared to Castilian Spanish ⓘ |
| hasRegister |
colloquial speech
ⓘ
informal speech ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
non-standard regional variety of Spanish
ⓘ
prestigious within the Canary Islands in informal contexts ⓘ |
| historicallyLinkedTo |
emigration from the Canary Islands to Cuba
ⓘ
emigration from the Canary Islands to Venezuela ⓘ emigration from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Andalusian Spanish
ⓘ
Caribbean Spanish ⓘ Latin American Spanish ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| ISO639-3Status | not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Romance languages ⓘ |
| orthography | standard Spanish orthography ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin |
Canary Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlantic archipelago of the Canary Islands
|
| sharesFeaturesWith |
Andalusian Spanish
ⓘ
Caribbean Spanish ⓘ Latin American Spanish ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Canary Islands
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| subfamily | Ibero-Romance languages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Canarian diaspora communities in Latin America
ⓘ
inhabitants of the Canary Islands ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.