Veracruz Spanish

E55917

coastal dialect dialect of Mexican Spanish regional variety of Spanish

Veracruz Spanish is a coastal regional variety of Mexican Spanish characterized by Caribbean-influenced pronunciation and vocabulary spoken in the state of Veracruz.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Jarocho Spanish	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal dialect ⓘ dialect of Mexican Spanish ⓘ regional variety of Spanish ⓘ
associatedWith	Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ surface form: Veracruz culture port city of Veracruz ⓘ son jarocho ⓘ
belongsTo	Gulf Spanish dialect zone ⓘ
closeTo	Campeche Spanish ⓘ Tabasco Spanish ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	español veracruzano ⓘ habla veracruzana ⓘ
hasFeature	Caribbean-influenced pronunciation ⓘ Caribbean-influenced vocabulary ⓘ aspiration of syllable-final /s/ ⓘ frequent use of diminutives ⓘ intonation patterns similar to Caribbean Spanish ⓘ local slang specific to Veracruz port areas ⓘ reduction of unstressed vowels in rapid speech ⓘ use of Caribbean lexical items ⓘ weakening of syllable-final consonants ⓘ yeísmo ⓘ
hasPhonologyType	Caribbean-like coastal Mexican Spanish ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus	non-standard regional variety ⓘ
historicalInfluence	Spanish Caribbean trade routes ⓘ port of Veracruz as colonial gateway ⓘ
influencedBy	Caribbean Spanish ⓘ Caribbean Spanish ⓘ surface form: Cuban Spanish Caribbean Spanish ⓘ surface form: Dominican Spanish Puerto Rican Spanish ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Romance languages ⓘ
overlapsWith	Veracruz Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jarocho Spanish
partOf	Mexican Spanish ⓘ
region	Gulf Coast of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Mexico coast eastern Mexico ⓘ
spokenBy	Afro-descendant communities in Veracruz ⓘ inhabitants of Veracruz ⓘ
spokenIn	Gulf Coast of Mexico ⓘ Veracruz ⓘ
standardLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
subfamily	Ibero-Romance languages ⓘ
usedIn	informal speech in Veracruz ⓘ local media in Veracruz ⓘ music lyrics from Veracruz ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mexican Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Veracruz Spanish ⓘ

Veracruz Spanish → overlapsWith → Veracruz Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jarocho Spanish