Español venezolano

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Venezuelan Spanish (~28M speakers) is a Caribbean variety of Spanish. Like other Caribbean dialects it has seseo (no /θ/), aspirates or drops syllable-final /s/ → [h] (los → [loh]), velarises word-final /n/ to [ŋ], and has yeísmo; lexicon and the voseo/tuteo mix vary by region.

Where it is spoken

20 core words in undefined (Venezuelan)

Water

agua

/aɣwa/

Fire

fuego

/fweɣo/

Sun

sol

/sol/

Moon

luna

/luna/

Mother

madre

/maðɾe/

Father

padre

/paðɾe/

Eat

comer

/komeɾ/

Drink

beber

/beβeɾ/

Love

amor

/amoɾ/

Heart

corazón

/koɾasoŋ/

Tree

árbol

/aɾβol/

House

casa

/kasa/

Dog

perro

/peˈɾːo/

Cat

gato

/ɡato/

Hand

mano

/mano/

Eye

ojo

/oho/

Hello

hola

/ola/

Thank you

gracias

/ɡɾasjah/

One

uno

/uno/

Good

bueno

/bweno/

Words compared

Compared with related Romance languages

Meaning undefined (Venezuelan)Spanish (Chile)Spanish (Cuban)Panamanian SpanishSpanish (Nicaragua)Spanish (Bolivia)Spanish (Uruguayan)
Water agua /aɣwa/ agua /aɣwa/ agua /aɣwa/ agua /aɣwa/ agua /aɣwa/ agua /aɣwa/ agua /aɣwa/
Fire fuego /fweɣo/ fuego /fweɣo/ fuego /fweɣo/ fuego /fweɣo/ fuego /fweɣo/ fuego /fweɣo/ fuego /fweɣo/
Sun sol /sol/ sol /sol/ sol /sol/ sol /sol/ sol /sol/ sol /sol/ sol /sol/
Moon luna /luna/ luna /luna/ luna /luna/ luna /luna/ luna /luna/ luna /luna/ luna /luna/
Mother madre /maðɾe/ madre /maðɾe/ madre /maðɾe/ madre /maðɾe/ madre /maðɾe/ madre /maðɾe/ madre /maðɾe/
Father padre /paðɾe/ padre /paðɾe/ padre /paðɾe/ padre /paðɾe/ padre /paðɾe/ padre /paðɾe/ padre /paðɾe/
Eat comer /komeɾ/ comer /komeɾ/ comer /komeɾ/ comer /komeɾ/ comer /komeɾ/ comer /komeɾ/ comer /komeɾ/
Drink beber /beβeɾ/ beber /beβeɾ/ beber /beβeɾ/ beber /beβeɾ/ beber /beβeɾ/ beber /beβeɾ/ beber /beβeɾ/
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