Central American Spanish - Phonetics and Phonology

Phonetics and Phonology

Some characteristics of Central American phonology include:

• /s/ at the end of a syllable or before a consonant is pronounced like, except in Guatemala and in Costa Rica.
• j (/x/), is aspirated except in some areas of Costa Rica; it is soft as the /h/ in English (e.g.: Yahoo).

• Use of seseo.

All of the phonological features of Central American Spanish are similar to Andalusian, Canarian, and Caribbean, and other Latin American Spanish dialects.