Learn the New York City Latino Accent

(56.3MB, 69 minutes)  2010 Edition (You'll receive a free update when the newest edition comes out - soon!)

This download includes a written examination for learning a New York City Latino accent, and the following sound files featuring Accent Help coach Michelle Lopez-Rios:

Play Audio Sample:

1. Introduction to Sound Placement, Intonation, and Helpful Hints in a NYC Latino accent (7:41)
2. Consonant sound changes for Nuyorican accents (15:00)
3. Vowel sound changes for learning a New York City Latino accent (2:44)
4. changes to Diphthongs when speaking with a NYC Latino/Latina accent (2:28)
5. Alternate Pronunciations when speaking with a Nuyorican accent (3:45)
6. Wrap up for learning Spanish-speaking New York City accents (3:46)
7. Nuyorican Female reading (:55)
8. + her conversation (1:34)
9. New York City Hispanic Male reading (1:12)
10. + his conversation (1:25)
11. Nuyorican Female reading (1:11)
12. + her conversation (3:38)
13. New York City Dominican Female reading (:59)
14. + her conversation (5:38)
15. Nuyorican Female reading (1:33)
16. + her conversation (5:03)
17. New York City Puerto Rican Female reading (1:17)
18. + her conversation (5:12)
19. NYC Puerto Rican Male conversation (1:46)
20. Nuyorican Female Spanish reading (1:18)
21. New York City Dominican Female Spanish reading (1:02)

New York City Latino and Latina accents are commonly spoken in Spanish Harlem and in other parts of NYC, especially because areas in the Heights have gentrified, moving many of the Spanish-speaking Latinos and Latinas into other neighborhoods and boroughs of New York City.  Puerto Rican-New Yorkers originate the term "Nuyorican accent."

Whatever accent you're working on, it's a good idea to get our FREE guide to learning accents and dialects - it will help you to get started with some basic terms and ideas for learning accents.

Though these sound files have been remastered to reduce background noise, most of these recordings are made "in the field" so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background.  A transcription of the conversations is included to help you follow along.