Latin American Spanish

E20283

group of dialects macrodialect variety of Spanish

Latin American Spanish is the group of Spanish dialects spoken across Latin America, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and some grammatical features that differ from Peninsular varieties.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Latin American Spanish varieties	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of dialects ⓘ macrodialect ⓘ variety of Spanish ⓘ
differsFrom	Peninsular Spanish ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers	hundreds of millions of speakers ⓘ
hasFeature	aspiration or loss of syllable-final /s/ in many regions ⓘ different usage of some verb tenses compared to Peninsular Spanish ⓘ distinct intonation patterns from Peninsular Spanish ⓘ distinct lexical items for everyday objects compared to Spain ⓘ distinct vocabulary compared to Peninsular Spanish ⓘ influence from African languages in some coastal areas ⓘ influence from immigrant languages such as Italian and German in some regions ⓘ influence from indigenous languages ⓘ limited use or absence of vosotros ⓘ preference for neutral or pan-Hispanic forms in media ⓘ regional variation in second person singular pronouns tú and vos ⓘ regional variation in use of leísmo, loísmo, and laísmo, generally less than in Spain ⓘ seseo ⓘ tendency to use simple past instead of present perfect in many areas ⓘ use of diminutives with -ito and -ita very frequently ⓘ use of loanwords from Aymara ⓘ use of loanwords from Guaraní ⓘ use of loanwords from Nahuatl ⓘ use of loanwords from Quechua ⓘ use of ustedes as plural second person pronoun in most regions ⓘ use of voseo in some countries ⓘ yeísmo ⓘ
hasRegionalVariety	Andean Spanish ⓘ Caribbean Spanish ⓘ Central American Spanish ⓘ Chilean Spanish ⓘ Mexican Spanish ⓘ Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	es ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	spa ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	spa ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European languages ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ Western Romance languages ⓘ
partOf	Spanish ⓘ surface form: Spanish language
primaryStandardFor	many international Spanish-language media outlets ⓘ
spokenIn	Andean region ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Southern Cone ⓘ Spanish-speaking communities in the United States ⓘ
standardBasedOn	Spanish ⓘ surface form: Castilian Spanish
subclassOf	Ibero-Romance dialects ⓘ Romance language varieties ⓘ
usedIn	Latin American education systems ⓘ Latin American government communication ⓘ Latin American media ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Equatoguinean Spanish → comparedWith → Latin American Spanish ⓘ

Andalusian Spanish → influenced → Latin American Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin American Spanish varieties

Canarian Spanish → influencedBy → Latin American Spanish ⓘ

Caleño Spanish → partOf → Latin American Spanish ⓘ

Colombian Spanish → sharesFeatureWith → Latin American Spanish ⓘ

Canarian Spanish → sharesFeaturesWith → Latin American Spanish ⓘ