Ceceo

Ceceo and Seseo are pronunciation variants of the phoneme / s / and / θ / in the Spanish language. The standard variety in the alveolar than voiceless fricative [s ] and articulated as a voiceless dental fricative [ θ ] phonemes fall when Ceceo to a common phoneme / θ / together, when Seseo contrast to / s /. Common to the phenomena Ceceo and Seseo that the distinctness of minimal pairs such as casa invisible ( dt, house ' ) and caza (' hunting '). Both phenomena are observable both in Spain and in Latin America. While in almost all of Latin America dominates the Seseo, are in Spain, however, both Seseo and Ceceo mainly found in the south. The prevalent in Spain distinction between the two sounds is referred to in Spanish as distinción.

In simple words, with speakers who speak the Ceceo or Seseo, can not be determined whether they say House (Casa ) or hunting ( Caza ). In Ceceo the s and the c / θ / pronounced (similar to the English th - sound), whereas it / be in Seseo a / s. In general, these sounds are pronounced differently but in Spanish. That s as / s / and z as / θ /.

Ceceo

The Ceceo that Phonemkollision favor of / θ / is to be found in Spain in the southern Andalusia - as zona ceceante a wide strip along the coast of Huelva apply to just in front of Almería and the province of Seville, minus the city of Seville. During the Seseo is considered urban pronunciation variant of the Spanish south, is liable to the Ceceo " has always been a stigma of rustic and vulgar to " ( Hugo Kubarth ).

In Latin America, Ceceo - regions can be found in Argentina, Chile, Central America, Puerto Rico and Colombia.

Seseo

In Spain, found in the center of Andalusia, in other Andalusian urban centers, and the Canary Islands regions of Seseo, the articulation of both sounds as / s /. Since the Seseo also prevails in the Latin American varieties of Spanish, the Seseo is sometimes described as panatlantisches phenomenon. The Seseo to Seville, the origin of the Seseo in Latin America.

The Seseo occurs on the Spanish mainland and outside of Andalusia, the Basque and Valencian Seseo apply but as apikoalveolar while the Andalusian Seseo is described as prädorsal.