Andalusian Spanish
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The Andalusian dialects (also called Andaluz) of European Spanish are spoken in Andalusia. There is not a unified dialect for all Andalusia. The dialect can change from province to province, at the same time there may be big differences inside each province between the rural areas and the capital. However, there are a series of common features such as:
- Seseo (pronunciation of 'c' (before e and i) and 'z' as a 's', or more formally: the phonemes /s/ and /T/ of standard have mixed into a single phoneme articulated [s]), although ceceo (pronunciation of 's' as 'th', or more formally: the phonemes /s/ and /T/ of standard have mixed into a single phoneme articulated [T]) still exists in some parts of Andalusia, mainly in rural areas.
- Intervocalic 'd' is elided in certain sufixes, especially past participles.
- Final 'consonants' are usually aspirated (articulated [h]) or just omitted. In the last case, the vowel 'opens'. To understand how an Andalusian tells 'la casa' from 'las casas', think of the difference in French between 'de' and 'des'. There is absolutely no difference, however, between 'cortad' and 'cortar'.
- 'l' may be pronounced 'r' if it comes after the vowel inside the syllabe, as in 'arma' instead of 'alma', or 'er coche' instead of 'el coche'.
- Words of Latin origin starting with 'h' in writing (that is, that have kept the etymological 'H' in writing) are pronounced with an initial 'j' [h] sound. However, this characteristic is limited to rural areas and the flamenco culture.
- Many words of Andalusi Arabic origin that have become obsolete or unknown in general Spanish
Andalusia is the most populated region of Spain and there are other regions which have very similar dialects to the Andalusian such as Extremadura, Murcia or Canary Islands.de:Andalusischer Dialekt es:Modalidad lingüística andaluza