Datapoint Nicaraguan Creole English/Tone

Speakers of Nicaraguan Creole English tend to make a vowel quantity distinction between 'can' and 'cannot', not a tonal one as in San Andres Creole English. In addition, the traditional palatalization of initial /k/ is disappearing.

Values

No tone distinctions

Example 11-357:
kan, kyan
kan,
can
kyan
can
can

Source: nd

Example 11-358:
kaan, kyaan
kaan,
can.neg
kyaan
can.neg
cannot

Source: nd

Confidence:
Certain