Castúo is the generic name for the dialects of
Spanish spoken in the autonomous community of
Extremadura
Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, ...
, in
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
. Not to be confused with
Extremaduran, a language between
Asturleonese
Asturleonese ( ast, Asturlleonés; es, Asturleonés; pt, Asturo-leonês; mwl, Asturlhionés) is a Romance language spoken primarily in northwestern Spain, namely in the historical regions and Spain's modern-day autonomous communities of Astur ...
and
Castilian, or
Fala another language spoken in Extremadura which is most similar to
Galician-Portuguese
Galician-Portuguese ( gl, galego-portugués or ', pt, galego-português or ), also known as Old Portuguese or as Medieval Galician when referring to the history of each modern language, was a West Iberian Romance language spoken in the Middle ...
.
Phonology
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Debuccalization
Debuccalization or deoralization is a sound change or alternation in which an oral consonant loses its original place of articulation and moves it to the glottis (usually , , or ). The pronunciation of a consonant as is sometimes called aspir ...
(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, , in many words in which Latin had an initial 'f', as is common in most
Andalusia
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...
n varieties.
* Occasional consonantic change ''l''/''r'' and ''r''/''l'', which occurs in
Andalusian Spanish
The Andalusian dialects of Spanish ( es, andaluz, , ) are spoken in Andalusia, Ceuta, Melilla, and Gibraltar. They include perhaps the most distinct of the southern variants of peninsular Spanish, differing in many respects from northern varieti ...
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 root word that has been modified 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. A ( abbreviated ) is a word-form ...
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. Examples are and pronounced with the lips; and pronounced with the front of the tongue; and pronounced ...
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
Extremaduran culture
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