Andean Spanish

E107161

dialect of Spanish regional variety of Spanish

Andean Spanish is a regional variety of the Spanish language spoken in the highland areas of countries such as Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and northern Chile, characterized by distinctive phonetic, grammatical, and lexical features influenced by indigenous languages like Quechua and Aymara.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Andean Spanish canonical	5
Andean Bolivian Spanish	2
Ecuadorian Spanish	2
Andean Highland Spanish	1
Argentinian Northwest Spanish	1
Chapaco Spanish	1
Peruvian Andean Spanish	1
Peruvian Spanish	1
Spanish (Andean varieties)	1
Valle Spanish	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect of Spanish ⓘ regional variety of Spanish ⓘ
contrastedWith	Peninsular Spanish ⓘ Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ coastal Spanish varieties ⓘ
developedFrom	contact between Spanish and indigenous Andean languages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Andean Spanish ⓘ surface form: Andean Highland Spanish
hasFeature	Aymara loanwords ⓘ Quechua loanwords ⓘ assibilated pronunciation of /r/ and /rr/ in some areas ⓘ conservative pronunciation of /s/ in syllable-final position ⓘ distinct intonation patterns compared to Peninsular Spanish ⓘ distinctive grammar ⓘ distinctive lexicon ⓘ distinctive phonetics ⓘ frequent use of double possessives in some areas ⓘ influence of indigenous syntax patterns ⓘ limited aspiration or deletion of syllable-final /s/ compared to coastal varieties ⓘ retention of /ʎ/–/ʝ/ contrast in some speakers ⓘ use of diminutives with pragmatic functions ⓘ use of evidential-like expressions influenced by Quechua and Aymara ⓘ use of lexical items not common in other Spanish varieties ⓘ
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom	Aymara ⓘ Quechua ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticAspect	associated with rural and indigenous identity in some regions ⓘ increasingly present in urban highland centers ⓘ
languageFamily	Romance languages ⓘ
partOf	Spanish language ⓘ
regionallyVariesIn	Altiplano plateau ⓘ surface form: Bolivian Altiplano Colombian Andes ⓘ western Andes ⓘ surface form: Ecuadorian Sierra Cordillera Blanca ⓘ surface form: Peruvian Andes Lake Titicaca region ⓘ surface form: northern Chilean Altiplano
spokenIn	Andes ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ Peru ⓘ highland regions of South America ⓘ northern Chile ⓘ
timePeriod	developed since the colonial era ⓘ
usedBy	bilingual speakers of Spanish and Aymara ⓘ bilingual speakers of Spanish and Quechua ⓘ
usedIn	education in some highland areas ⓘ informal communication ⓘ local media in Andean regions ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Andean Spanish
Description of subject: Andean Spanish is a regional variety of the Spanish language spoken in the highland areas of countries such as Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and northern Chile, characterized by distinctive phonetic, grammatical, and lexical features influenced by indigenous languages like Quechua and Aymara.

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish-speaking world → hasLanguageVariant → Andean Spanish ⓘ

Latin American Spanish → hasRegionalVariety → Andean Spanish ⓘ

Runasimi → lexicalInfluenceOn → Andean Spanish ⓘ

Bolivian Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Andean Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andean Bolivian Spanish

Bolivian Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Andean Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valle Spanish

Bolivian Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Andean Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chapaco Spanish

Bolivian Spanish → closelyRelatedTo → Andean Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peruvian Andean Spanish

Bolivian Spanish → closelyRelatedTo → Andean Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Argentinian Northwest Spanish

Pastuso Spanish → influencedBy → Andean Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ecuadorian Spanish

Andean Spanish → hasAlternativeName → Andean Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andean Highland Spanish

Camba Spanish → contrastWith → Andean Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andean Bolivian Spanish

Spanish is an official language of Ecuador → variety → Andean Spanish ⓘ

subject surface form: Spanish language in Ecuador

this entity surface form: Ecuadorian Spanish

Andean linguistic area → hasLanguage → Andean Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish (Andean varieties)

Andean languages → influenceOn → Andean Spanish ⓘ

Modern Spanish → hasStandardForm → Andean Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peruvian Spanish