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Belizean Spanish (Spanish: ''español beliceño'') is the dialect of Spanish spoken in the Central American country of Belize. It is almost similar to Caribbean Spanish, Andalusian Spanish, and Canarian Spanish. while English is the only official language of Belize, Spanish is the common language of majority (62.8%), wherein 174,000 (43% of Belizeans) speak some variety of Spanish as a native language. Belizean Spanish is spoken by Belizean-born mestizos and Belizean-born citizens of pure Spanish blood. Belizeans of Guatemalan, Honduran, Mexican (including Mexican Mennonites), Nicaraguan, and Salvadoran descent may speak different dialects of Spanish, but since they all grow up in Belize, they all adopt the local accent. ==Phonology== *The presence of Seseo wherein and are pronounced as . Seseo is common to Andalusian and Canarian Spanish varieties. * at the end of a syllable or before a consonant is realized as glottal . * is realized as glottal . * Intervocalic and show no sign of lenition to approximants. * There is no confusion between and , as in the Caribbean. * Aside from , , and (), syllable-final can be realized as , an influence of British English to Belizean dialect; ''"verso" (verse) becomes , aside from , , or , "''invierno''" (winter) becomes , aside from , , or , and "''parlamento''" (parliament) becomes , aside from , , or []. In word-final position, will usually be; * * either a trill, a tap, approximant, , or elided when followed by a consonant or a pause, as in ''amo'' ''paterno'' 'paternal love', ''amor'' ) (elided word-final /r/ is almost similar to British English), * * a tap, approximant, or when the followed by a vowel-initial word, as in ''amo'' ''eterno'' 'eternal love'). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belizean Spanish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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