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== Language ==
{{See also|Cuban Spanish}}
[[Spanish language|Spanish]] is the official language of Cuba. Of all the regional variations of Spanish, Cuban Spanish is most similar to, and originates largely from, the dialect spoken in the [[Canary Islands]]. This is a consequence of [[Canarian people|Canarian]] migration, which in the 19th and early 20th century was heavy and continuous. There were also migrations of [[Galicians]] and [[Asturians]] as well, but they did not impact Cuban Spanish to the same degree.

Much of the typical [[Cuban Spanish|Cuban]] replacements for standard Spanish vocabulary stems from Canarian [[lexicon]]. For example, ''{{Wikt-lang|es|guagua}}'' (bus) differs from standard Spanish ''{{Wikt-lang|es|autobús}}'' the former originated in the Canaries and is an [[onomatopoeia]] stemming from the sound of a [[Klaxon]] horn (wah-wah!). An example of Canarian usage for a Spanish word is the verb {{Wikt-lang|es|fajarse}}<ref>[http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltGUIBusUsual?LEMA=fajar&TIPO_HTML=2&FORMATO=ampliado fajar] at ''Diccionario de la [[Real Academia Española]]''.</ref> ("to fight"). In standard Spanish the [[verb]] would be ''{{Wikt-lang|es|pelearse}}'', while ''fajar'' exists as a non-reflexive verb related to the hemming of a [[skirt]].

The second most spoken language of Cuba is [[Haitian Creole]], used mainly by Haitian immigrants and its descendants going back since the late 18th century, of whom fled the [[Haitian Revolution]].

Other languages of Cuba are [[Cuban Sign Language]],  and [[English language|English]] is commonly studied as a foreign language.

There are also reports of [[Lucumi language|Lucumi]], "[[Habla Congo|Lengua Conga]]" ([[Kongo language|Kongo]]-based [[liturgical language]] of the [[Palo religion]]) and [[Bozal Spanish]] (an "African" socio-dialect of Spanish; now used only in folk religion).<ref>Wirtz, Kristina. 2014. ''Performing Afro-Cuba: Image, Voice, Spectacle in the Making of Race and History''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. {{ISBN|978-0-226-11905-2}}</ref> Historically, the Ciboney and Classic dialects of [[Taino language|Taino]] and the unattested [[Guanahatabey language|Guanahatabey]] were spoken.