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Results demonstrate that adult bilinguals tended to adapt boundary tones to the stress pattern of the final word. They produced L% for trochees, but tended to truncate this boundary tone for questions ending in iambs. On the other hand, the elderly bilinguals tended to produce boundary tones for yes-no questions in a language specific way, L% in Palenquero and H% in Spanish, regardless of the stress pattern of the final word.

Both generations kept their two languages intonationally distinct using plateau-shaped contours in Palenquero, and initial rises followed by steeper declinations in Spanish. However, the elderly show a wider distance between their two languages while adults, in contrast, exhibit more convergence.

Global contours and phrase-final lengthening were observed in statements and yes/no questions ending with two-syllable trochees and iambs, from the bilingual Palenquero/Spanish speakers.

Global contours and phrase-final lengthening were observed in statements and yes/no questions ending with two-syllable trochees and iambs, from the bilingual Palenquero/Spanish speakers.

Intonational nuclear contours were explored in declaratives ending with oxytonic and paroxytonic words, in Palenquero and Caribbean Spanish.

Intonational nuclear contours were explored in declaratives ending with oxytonic and paroxytonic words, in Palenquero and Caribbean Spanish.