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==Description==
==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.  
*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.  
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*[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual]]
*[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual]]
*[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide]]
*[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide]]
*Romey, Jared. '''''Quick guide to Cuban Spanish.''''' San Juan, Puerto Rico : Language Babel, Inc., [2014]. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/quick-guide-to-cuban-spanish/oclc/900606136&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* 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]. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/cuban-spanish/oclc/1052553267&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Rubio-Longin, Ilse and Shannon Hogan Cottin-Bizonne. ''Cuban Spanish.'' France: Assimil, 2017. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1052553267 WorldCat].


'''Lucumí'''
'''Lucumí'''
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*[https://glosbe.com/en/ht English to Haitian Dictionary (Glosbe)]  
*[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)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110510104004/http://www.haiti-reference.com/creole/diction/index.php Haitian Creole-English Dictionary (Haiti-Reference)]
*[https://www.bing.com/translator/ Translator Haitian Creole to English (Microsoft Bing)]
*[https://mangolanguages.com/available-languages/learn-haitian-creole/ Start Learning Haitian Creole (Mango)]


'''Galician'''
'''Galician'''
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*[https://glosbe.com/en/co English to Corsican Dictionary (Glosbe)]
*[https://glosbe.com/en/co English to Corsican Dictionary (Glosbe)]
*[https://www.bonifacio.co.uk/visite-decouverte/we-teach-you-corsica/ Learn Corsican (Bonifacio)]
*[https://www.bonifacio.co.uk/visite-decouverte/we-teach-you-corsica/ Learn Corsican (Bonifacio)]
*[https://cudoo.com/products/languages/corsican/learn-corsican-online-level-1/ Learn Corsican (cudoo)]


==Additional Resources==
==Additional Resources==
*[https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba/Languages Languages of Cuba (Britannica)]
*[https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba/Languages Languages of Cuba (Britannica)]
*[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Yoruba_People Yoruba People (New World Encyclopedia)]
*[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Yoruba_People Yoruba People (New World Encyclopedia)]
*Olmsted, David L. '''''Comparative Notes on Yoruba and Lucumí.''''' Linguistic Society of America 1953. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/410168 Available at JSTOR]


== References  ==
== References  ==

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Description[edit | edit source]

  • 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)[edit | edit source]

Cuban Spanish

Lucumí

Haitian Creole

Galician

Corsican

Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Cuban Spanish

Lucumí

Haitian Creole

Galician

Corsican

Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

Cuban Spanish

Lucumí

Haitian Creole

Galician

Corsican

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  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.