Castúo is the generic name for the dialects of
Spanish spoken in the autonomous community of
Extremadura
Extremadura ( ; ; ; ; Fala language, Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is a landlocked autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, Spain, Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central- ...
, in
Spain
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. It is not to be confused with
Extremaduran, a language between
Asturleonese and
Castilian, or with
Fala, another language spoken in Extremadura that is most similar to
Galician-Portuguese.
Phonology
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Debuccalization (reduction to ) of and in syllable-final position, as is common in Spanish varieties in the southern half of Spain.
* Frequent loss of ''d'', in any position, as is common in Spanish varieties in the southern half of Spain.
* Simplification of the consonantic group ''-nf'', to ''f''
* Simplification of the consonantic group ''-rj'', to ''j''
* Simplification of the consonantic group ''rn'', to ''nn''
* Pronunciation of word-initial 'h' as a
glottal fricative
Glottal consonants are consonants using the glottis as their primary articulation. Many phoneticians consider them, or at least the glottal fricative, to be transitional states of the glottis without a point of articulation as other consonants ...
, , in many words in which Latin had an initial 'f', as is common in most
Andalusia
Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...
n varieties.
* Occasional consonantic change ''l''/''r'' and ''r''/''l'', which occurs in
Andalusian Spanish as well
* General loss of ''r'' in final position
Morphology
* Anteposition of
article before
possessive pronoun, as in
Extremaduran
* Use of
diminutive
A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle s ...
s ''ino'' and ''ina'', a product of contact with
Leonese
* Use of masculine article ''er'' before a
consonant
In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract, except for the h sound, which is pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract. Examples are and pronou ...
Writers
*
José María Gabriel y Galán
*
Luis Chamizo Trigueros
*
Miguel Herrero Uceda
*
Elisa Herrero Uceda
ReferencesAPLEx ''Association for the study and divulgation of Extremaduran linguistic patrimony''
External links
Spanish dialects of Spain
Culture of Extremadura
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