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Description

The official language of Cuba is Spanish or Cuban Spanish, a form of Caribbean Spanish ^[1] , 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. ^[2]

Word List(s)

Cuban Spanish

Lucumí

Basic Santería Vocabulary (orishanet)

Haitian Creole

Galician

Corsican

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Cuban Spanish

Lucumí

Lucumí Language (Wikipedia)

Haitian Creole

Galician

Corsican

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Cuban Spanish

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: WorldCat.
Rubio-Longin, Ilse and Shannon Hogan Cottin-Bizonne. Cuban Spanish. France: Assimil, 2017. Available at: WorldCat.

Lucumí

Haitian Creole

Galician

Corsican

Additional Resources

References

↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Caribbean Spanish," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Spanish, accessed 6 September 2021.
↑ 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.

[1] Wikipedia contributors, "Caribbean Spanish," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Spanish, accessed 6 September 2021.

[2] 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.

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 ==Description==
-The official language of Cuba is '''Spanish''' or '''Cuban Spanish''', a form of Caribbean Spanish, and the vast majority of Cubans speak it.
+*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.
+*'''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
+*'''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''' 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>
+*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]
+*[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]
+*[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]
+*[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]
+*[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#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_vocabulary#Numbers Haitian Creole Numbers (Wikipedia)]
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole#Grammar Haitian Creole Grammar - Pronouns, Articles, Verbs, etc.]
+* [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://web.archive.org/web/20110510104004/http://www.haiti-reference.com/creole/diction/index.php Haitian Creole-English Dictionary (Haiti-Reference)]
+*[https://glosbe.com/en/ht English to Haitian Dictionary (Glosbe)]
-* [https://www.bing.com/translator/ Translator Haitian Creole to English (Microsoft Bing)]
+*[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  ==