The accents are one of the most powerful hallmarks of any Spanish autonomous community. It is about Reflection of history, values, cultural influence and the evolution of the language. Far from the way in which words are pronounced, the accent also has the quality of transmitting the character of a specific region, which creates that feeling of belonging that both Spaniards have.
If the focus on the Castilian of Extremadura focuses, the accent that could be ‘The most closed’ Of all this territory would be focused on the Northwest of the province of Cáceresespecially the areas in which they are Las Hurdes and Sierra de Gata. These would be the locations that would enter the scene based on the fact that differential features are maintained with greater intensity.
Among the main ones reasons for this You can find the following:
The closure of the mouth when speaking
In this strip, very unusual phonetic and syntactic features are preserved in the rest of the Extremadura territory and of much of Spain. In this sense, a very prominent case can be that of The plurals with the endings in -us/-is; the aspiration when at the end of a term is the letter ‘s’; the use of the ‘a’ + infinity with a locative value; or prepositional pronouns.
The exception confirmed by the rule: A Fala
Inside Sierra de Gata is The Xalima Valley, place where Fala is talked about. The reality is that this is not a language that has any Spanish or Castilian accent, but it is A language whose parents are Galician and Portuguese, which has its own lexicon. In fact, based on its exclusivity, the Board of Extremadura declared it of cultural interest in 2001. These are more than enough reasons for several to think that it is the ‘most closed’ accent of Extremadura.
Why not other Extremadura sites?
In large part of the entire territory of Badajoz and southern Cáceres There are Andalusian ranges that it is true that they can attract the attention of the public but that they are not a sufficient reason to differentiate it or ‘close’ so much compared to that of Norte Cacereño. This similarity is related to the aspiration of the /s /, Yeism or that seseo so characteristic from Andalusia.
The most prominent accents in all of Extremadura
As in almost every places, Extremadura does not have a single accent because there are dialect varieties. Leaving the Fala or the variety with Andalusian touches, the Castao enter or spoke them with Portuguese influences. The first It stands out in the north and west of Cáceres and is a traditional Castilian variety that has very own features. On the other hand, those peoples located to the limit of Spain with Portugal exists Bilingualism and Spanish that has been influenced by the Portuguese.