Language Demographics of Cuba

spanish official language of cuba. of regional variations of spanish, cuban spanish similar to, , originates largely from, dialect spoken in canary islands. consequence of canarian migration, in 19th , 20th century heavy , continuous. there migrations of galicians , asturians well, did not impact cuban spanish same degree.

much of typical cuban replacements standard spanish vocabulary stems canarian lexicon. example, guagua (bus) differs standard spanish autobús former originated in canaries , onomatopoeia stemming sound of klaxon horn (wah-wah!). example of canarian usage spanish word verb fajarse ( fight ). in standard spanish verb pelearse, while fajar exists non-reflexive verb related hemming of skirt.

the second spoken language of cuba haitian creole, used haitian immigrants , descendants going since late 18th century, of whom fled haitian revolution.

other languages of cuba cuban sign language, , english commonly studied foreign language.

there reports of lucumi, lengua conga (kongo-based liturgical language of palo religion) , bozal spanish (an african socio-dialect of spanish; used in folk religion). historically, ciboney , classic dialects of taino , unattested guanahatabey spoken.