What language is Cuban Spanish?
Q: What language is Cuban Spanish?
A: Cuban Spanish is a dialect of the Spanish language.
Q: Where is it spoken?
A: It is spoken in Cuba.
Q: What are some of the same features that Cuban Spanish shares with other Caribbean dialects of Spanish?
A: Cuban Spanish shares many of the same features as other Caribbean dialects of Spanish.
Q: How did Canarian people influence Cuban Spanish?
A: Much of Cuban Spanish derives from the Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands of Spain because large numbers of Canarian people moved to Cuba in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Q: Are there any words in Cuban Spanish from other parts of Spain?
A: Yes, there are also words that come from other parts of Spain such as Galicians, Catalans, Basques and Asturians.
Q: Does Cuban culture have an influence from African languages?
A: Yes, many words in Cuban Spanish come from West African languages such as Yoruba and Kikongo, particularly in the eastern part which had large plantations where many African slaves worked during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Q: Did Haitian Creole influence eastern Cuban culture?
A:Yes, after the Haitian Revolution, Haitian Creole language influenced the eastern Cuban culture and some Cubans can still speak Haitian Creole today.
