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Marianopolita
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Miami is a city with a high percentage of Spanish speakers. Those who live(d) there, visit often or even just once will notice that it is a predominantly Spanish-speaking city but unique in its own right as well in terms of how it is spoken. Linguistic research has been done and is still being done because Spanish will continue to be a prevalent language in Miami however, a unique form of Spanish (Spanglish) is spoken and in my observation it varies drastically.
I have started to research Miami’s linguistic structure because it stands out and the speakers range from completely unilingual, no English at all to the Spanglish that is unique to Miami ranging from unique expressions, vocabulary and literal translations from one language to another that don’t make any sense but understood by the local population because of the influence of English in the way people speak Spanish.
Here is a video that I thought is a good example of the words, phrases and expressions you will hear in Miami (by no means exhaustive). I heard a phrase yesterday by a gringa who has learned to speak Spanish but with a lot of blunders and on the radio translated a phrase literally from English to Spanish and it made no sense but it did not phase her at all.
¿Qué opinan uds?
-MP.
I have started to research Miami’s linguistic structure because it stands out and the speakers range from completely unilingual, no English at all to the Spanglish that is unique to Miami ranging from unique expressions, vocabulary and literal translations from one language to another that don’t make any sense but understood by the local population because of the influence of English in the way people speak Spanish.
Here is a video that I thought is a good example of the words, phrases and expressions you will hear in Miami (by no means exhaustive). I heard a phrase yesterday by a gringa who has learned to speak Spanish but with a lot of blunders and on the radio translated a phrase literally from English to Spanish and it made no sense but it did not phase her at all.
¿Qué opinan uds?
-MP.
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