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Cuban-American Spanish vs Mexican Spanish

Compare two dialects of Spanish side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Cuban-American Spanish

Miami Spanish

The Spanish of the Cuban-American community of Florida, especially Miami. A Caribbean Spanish variety with substantial English contact features and a distinctive bilingual code-switching register.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
25.76°, -80.19°
Mexican Spanish

The most widely spoken Spanish variety in the world. Heavily shaped by Nahuatl and other indigenous languages, especially in lexicon, and exported widely through Mexican film and music.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
19.43°, -99.13°

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DialectCuban-American SpanishThe Spanish of the Cuban-American community of Florida, especially Miami. A Caribbean Spanish variety with substantial English contact features and a distinctive bilingual code-switching register.DialectMexican SpanishThe most widely spoken Spanish variety in the world. Heavily shaped by Nahuatl and other indigenous languages, especially in lexicon, and exported widely through Mexican film and music.CompareAndalusian Spanish vs Cuban-American SpanishAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of Spanish and the dialects within it.