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{{breadcrumb | link1=[[Cuba Genealogy|Cuba]] | link2= | link3= | link4= | link5=[[Cuba Languages|Languages]] }} ==Description== *The official language of Cuba is '''Spanish''' or '''Cuban Spanish''', a form of Caribbean Spanish <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Caribbean Spanish," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Spanish, accessed 6 September 2021.</ref> , that the vast majority of Cubans speak. *'''Lucumí''', a dialect of the West African language Yoruba, is used for religious purposes and so only as a second language. *'''Haitian Creole''' is the second most spoken language in Cuba, and is spoken by Haitian immigrants and their descendants *Other languages spoken by immigrants include '''Galician''', people from Spain, and '''Corsican'''. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Cuba," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba#:~:text=The%20official%20language,and%20Corsican.%5B332%5D, accessed 4 September 2021.</ref> ==Word List(s)== '''Cuban Spanish''' *[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]] *[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/spanish.php Useful Spanish Phrases (Omiglot)] *[https://www.spanish.academy/blog/20-cuban-slang-words-that-will-make-you-sound-native/ 20 Cuban Slang Words (Homeschool Spanish Academy)] *[https://insightcuba.com/blog/2017/05/21/7-spanish-sayings-take-you-cuba 7 Spanish Sayings to Take with you to Cuba (InsightCuba)] '''Lucumí''' *[http://www.orishanet.org/?page_id=121 Basic Santería Vocabulary (orishanet)] '''Haitian Creole''' *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole#Lexicon Haitian Creole Vocabulary and Word Lists (Wikipedia)] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole_vocabulary#People Haitian Creole Word List - People (Wikipedia)] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole_vocabulary#Family Haitian Creole Word List - Family (Wikipedia)] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole_vocabulary#Days_of_the_week Haitian Creole Word List - Days of the Week and Months of the Year (Wikipedia)] '''Galician''' *[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/galician.php Useful phrases in Galician (Omiglot)] *[https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Galician_phrasebook Galician Phrasebook (Wikivoyage)] '''Corsican''' *[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/corsican.php Useful phrases in Corsican (Omiglot)] *[https://wikitravel.org/en/Corsican_phrasebook Corsican Phrasebook (Wikivoyage)] ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== '''Cuban Spanish''' *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Spanish Cuban Spanish Phonology (Wikipedia)] *[https://omniglot.com/writing/spanish.htm Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omiglot)] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Spanish#Phonology Caribbean Spanish Phonology (Wikipedia)] '''Lucumí''' *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucum%C3%AD_language Lucumí Language (Wikipedia)] '''Haitian Creole''' * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole#Orthography Haitian Creole Consonants and Vowels (Wikipedia)] * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole_vocabulary#Numbers Haitian Creole Numbers (Wikipedia)] * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole#Grammar Haitian Creole Grammar - Pronouns, Articles, Verbs, etc. (Wikipedia)] '''Galician''' *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_phonology Galician Phonology (Wikipedia)] *[https://omniglot.com/writing/galician.htm Galician Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omiglot)] '''Corsican''' *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsican_alphabet Corsican Alphabet (Wikipedia)] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsican_language#Phonology Corsican Phonology (Wikipedia)] *[https://omniglot.com/writing/corsican.htm Corsican Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omiglot)] ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== '''Cuban Spanish''' *[https://glosbe.com/en/es Dictionary English to Spanish Dictionary (Glosbe)] *[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual]] *[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide]] * Romey, Jared. ''Quick guide to Cuban Spanish.'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: Language Babel, Inc., 2014. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/900606136 WorldCat]. * Rubio-Longin, Ilse and Shannon Hogan Cottin-Bizonne. ''Cuban Spanish.'' France: Assimil, 2017. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1052553267 WorldCat]. '''Lucumí''' *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language Yoruba language (Wikipedia)] *[https://omniglot.com/songs/bcc/cuban.php Cuban Lucumi Chants (Omiglot)] *[https://glosbe.com/en/luq English to Lucumi Dictionary (Glosbe)] '''Haitian Creole''' *[https://glosbe.com/en/ht English to Haitian Dictionary (Glosbe)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110510104004/http://www.haiti-reference.com/creole/diction/index.php Haitian Creole-English Dictionary (Haiti-Reference)] '''Galician''' *[https://glosbe.com/en/gl English to Galician Dictionary (Glosbe)] *[http://mylanguages.org/learn_galician.php Learn Galician (My Languages)] *[https://utalk.com/en/store/galician Learn Galician (uTalk)] '''Corsican''' *[https://glosbe.com/en/co English to Corsican Dictionary (Glosbe)] *[https://www.bonifacio.co.uk/visite-decouverte/we-teach-you-corsica/ Learn Corsican (Bonifacio)] ==Additional Resources== *[https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba/Languages Languages of Cuba (Britannica)] *[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Yoruba_People Yoruba People (New World Encyclopedia)] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Cuba]]