Bolivian Spanish

E27852

dialect of Spanish variety of the Spanish language

Bolivian Spanish is the variety of Spanish spoken in Bolivia, notable for its strong influence from indigenous languages such as Aymara and Quechua, which shape its vocabulary, pronunciation, and expressions.

Aliases (1)

Lowlands Bolivian Spanish ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect of Spanish → variety of the Spanish language →
closelyRelatedTo	Andean Spanish → surface form: "Argentinian Northwest Spanish" Paraguayan Spanish → Andean Spanish → surface form: "Peruvian Andean Spanish"
hasAlternativeName	español de Bolivia →
hasCulturalRole	marker of Bolivian national identity → vehicle for Bolivian cinema → vehicle for Bolivian literature → vehicle for Bolivian popular music →
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	Amazonian indigenous languages → Aymara vocabulary → Guaraní vocabulary → Quechua vocabulary →
hasMorphosyntacticFeature	influence of indigenous language word order in some speakers → use of diminutives with high frequency →
hasPhonologicalFeature	aspiration of syllable-final /s/ in lowland areas → assibilated /r/ in some Andean regions → conservation of syllable-final /s/ in many highland areas → strong influence of indigenous phonotactics in Andean regions → yeísmo →
hasPronounSystem	predominant use of tuteo in many urban areas → use of voseo in some eastern regions →
hasRegionalVariant	Andean Spanish → surface form: "Andean Bolivian Spanish" Camba Spanish → Andean Spanish → surface form: "Chapaco Spanish" Bolivian Spanish → surface form: "Lowlands Bolivian Spanish" Andean Spanish → surface form: "Valle Spanish"
hasSociolinguisticFeature	code-switching with Aymara in highland regions → code-switching with Guaraní in eastern regions → code-switching with Quechua in highland regions →
influencedBy	Aymara language → Guaraní → surface form: "Guaraní language" Quechua → surface form: "Quechua language"
languageFamily	Romance languages →
officialStatusIn	Bolivia →
partOf	Spanish → surface form: "Spanish language"
referencedBy	Association of Academies of the Spanish Language → surface form: "Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española"
regionallyAssociatedWith	Andean region of Bolivia → Bolivian lowlands →
regulatedDeFactoBy	Bolivian educational institutions →
sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith	Spanish → surface form: "Standard Spanish"
spokenIn	Bolivia →
standardBasedOn	general Latin American Spanish norms →
usedIn	education in Bolivia → government communication in Bolivia → media in Bolivia →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (2)

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

Bolivian Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Bolivian Spanish →

this entity surface form: "Lowlands Bolivian Spanish"

Aymara → influences → Bolivian Spanish →