Colombian Spanish
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Colombian Spanish is a regional variety of the Spanish language spoken in Colombia, noted for its clear pronunciation and diverse local accents.
Aliases (4)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect of Spanish
→
regional variety of Spanish → |
| country |
Colombia
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|
| hasCharacteristic |
clear pronunciation
→
diverse regional accents → seseo → yeísmo → |
| hasRegionalVariety |
Bogotá Spanish
→
Caleño Spanish → Chocoano Spanish → Costeño Spanish → Island Caribbean Colombian Spanish → Llanero Spanish → Paisa Spanish → Pastuso Spanish → Santanderean Spanish → |
| influencedBy |
African languages (via Afro-Colombian communities)
→
Caribbean Spanish → Indigenous languages of Colombia → |
| languageFamily |
Romance languages
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|
| lexicalFeature |
distinct regional slang (jerga) such as "parce" in Paisa Spanish
→
use of voseo in some regions → |
| morphosyntacticFeature |
use of diminutives such as -ico and -ica in some regions
→
|
| officialStatusIn |
Colombia
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|
| partOf |
Spanish language
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|
| phonologicalFeature |
aspiration or deletion of syllable-final /s/ in many Caribbean coastal areas
→
generally clear articulation of consonants in many Andean areas → |
| sharesFeatureWith |
Latin American Spanish
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|
| spokenInCity |
Barranquilla
→
Bogotá → Cali → Cartagena → Medellín → |
| spokenInRegion |
Amazon region of Colombia
→
Andean region of Colombia → Caribbean region of Colombia → Orinoquía region of Colombia → Pacific region of Colombia → |
| usedIn |
Colombian education system
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Colombian government communication → Colombian media → |
| usesPhoneme |
/r/
→
/s/ → /x/ → /ɟʝ/ → /ɾ/ → /ʎ/ (in some regions) → /ʝ/ → |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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|
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Colombian Spanish
("Bogotá Spanish")
→
Colombian Spanish ("Santanderean Spanish") → Colombian Spanish ("Llanero Spanish") → |
hasRegionalVariety |
|
Academy of the Spanish Language in Colombia
→
|
focus |
|
Chocoano Spanish
("Standard Colombian Spanish")
→
|
hasInfluenceFrom |
|
Spanish
→
|
hasMajorDialect |
|
Pastuso Spanish
→
|
partOf |
|
Paisa Spanish
→
|
partOfLanguage |