The recipe for sounding like a true Arizona is simple: take one part Native American words, one part Spanish monikers, and one part Americanized mispronunciations, and you get something only a true Arizonan can speak.

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Don't assume you know how to pronounce these words - our Arizona twist is as diverse as the flavors in our food. How many of these words can YOU pronounce.

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