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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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*[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  ==

Latest revision as of 19:33, 11 August 2025

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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

Haitian Creole

Galician

Corsican

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Cuban Spanish

Lucumí

Haitian Creole

Galician

Corsican

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Cuban Spanish

Lucumí

Haitian Creole

Galician

Corsican

Additional Resources

References

  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.