Phonological characteristics

• Debuccalization
  Lenition
  In linguistics, lenition is a kind of sound change that alters consonants, making them "weaker" in some way. The word lenition itself means "softening" or "weakening" . Lenition can happen both synchronically and diachronically...
  
   (reduction to h) of s and θ in syllable-final position. This feature is common with all Spanish varieties in the southern half of Spain.

• Frequent loss of d, in any position. This feature is common with all Spanish varieties in the southern half of Spain

• Simplification of the consonantic group -nf, to f

• Simplification of the consonantic group -rj, to j

• Simplification of the consonantic group rn, to nn

• Pronunciation of word-initial 'h' as a glottal fricative
  Voiceless glottal fricative
  The voiceless glottal transition, commonly called a "fricative", is a type of sound used in some spoken languages which patterns like a fricative or approximant consonant phonologically, but often lacks the usual phonetic characteristics of a consonant...
  
  , [h], in many words where Latin had an initial F. This feature is common with most Andalusia
  Andalusia
  Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...
  
  n varieties

• Occasional consonantic change l/r and r/l, also common with Andalusian Spanish
  Andalusian Spanish
  The Andalusian varieties of Spanish are spoken in Andalusia, Ceuta, Melilla and Gibraltar. They include perhaps the most distinct of the southern variants of peninsular Spanish, differing in many respects from northern varieties, and also from Standard Spanish...
  
  

• General loss of r
  R
  R is the eighteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.-History:The original Semitic letter may have been inspired by an Egyptian hieroglyph for tp, "head". It was used for by Semites because in their language, the word for "head" was rêš . It developed into Greek Ρ and Latin R...
  
  in final position

Grammar characteristics

• Anteposition of article
  Article (grammar)
  An article is a word that combines with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun, in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope. The articles in the English language are the and a/an, and some...
  
   before of possessive pronoun
  Possessive pronoun
  A possessive pronoun is a part of speech that substitutes for a noun phrase that begins with a possessive determiner . For example, in the sentence These glasses are mine, not yours, the words mine and yours are possessive pronouns and stand for my glasses and your glasses, respectively...
  
  , as in Extremaduran
  Extremaduran language
  Extremaduran is a Romance language, spoken by several hundred thousand people in Spain, in an area covering the north-western part of the autonomous community of Extremadura and adjoining areas in the province of Salamanca....
  
  

• Use of diminutive
  Diminutive
  In language structure, a diminutive, or diminutive form , is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object or quality named, encapsulation, intimacy, or endearment...
  
  s ino and ina. This feature is product of contact with Leonese
  Leonese language
  The Leonese language is the endonym term used to refer to all vernacular Romance dialects of the Astur-Leonese linguistic group in the Spanish provinces of León and Zamora; Astur-Leonese also includes the dialects...
  
  

• Use of masculine article
  Article (grammar)
  An article is a word that combines with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun, in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope. The articles in the English language are the and a/an, and some...
  
   er, before consonants

External links

• José María Gabriel y Galán's poems, poetry in castúo