Cuban Spanish
| Cuban Spanish | |
|---|---|
| español cubano (Spanish) | |
| Pronunciation | [espaˈɲol kuˈβano] |
| Ethnicity | Cubans |
Native speakers | 11 million (2021) |
Early forms | |
| Latin (Spanish alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Cuba |
| Regulated by | Academia Cubana de la Lengua |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | cuba1237 |
| IETF | es-CU |
Cuban Spanish is the variety of the Spanish language as it is spoken in Cuba. As a Caribbean variety of Spanish, Cuban Spanish shares a number of features with nearby varieties, including coda weakening and neutralization, non-inversion of Wh-questions, and a lower rate of dropping of subject pronouns compared to other Spanish varieties. As a variety spoken in Latin America, it has seseo and lacks the vosotros pronoun.