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This phrasebook contains a guide to Spanish pronunciation and grammar, sample phrases and sentences arranged by topic, and a dictionary of 850 of the most commonly used words and phrases. It focuses on the dialect spoken in Cuba. The Spanish spoken in Cuba differs from that spoken in other countries in the Caribbean and South America in several ways. While it still shares the spelling of the words with other dialects, you will see some pronunciations which are distinctive particularly in the softening of consonants and some letters are silent or dropped. Since Spanish is primarily a phonetic language we are beginning to see some althernate accepted spellings emerge. Contents: Other Languages Spoken in Cuba Destinations in Cuba La Habana (Havana) - Capital City Santiago de Cuba Holguin Ciego de Avila City Morn Viales Trinidad Medical Tourism Cuban Beaches Varadero Beach Playa del Este Cayo Coco Cayo Largo Pilar Beach Forbidden Beach Flamenco Beach Cuban Nature Reserves and Parks Great Natural Park of Montemar La Redonda Lagoon Cinaga de Zapata Biosphere Reserve Baconao Biosphere Reserve Peninsula de Guanahacabibes Humedal Ro Mximo Cagey Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation How Cuban Spanish is Distinctive Quick Summary of Cuban Spanish Morphology Lisp Cuban Words Some Useful Cuban Spanish Phrases Some More Cuban Phrases Cuban Slang Phrases Spanish Phrases for use in an Emergency Vocabulary English / Spanish Dictionary Spanish / English Dictionary