Rioplatense Spanish

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Rioplatense Spanish is a distinctive variety of Spanish spoken mainly in Argentina and Uruguay, characterized by features like voseo and unique pronunciation patterns shaped in part by Andalusian and Italian influences.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect of Spanish ⓘ
variety of Spanish ⓘ
associatedWith Buenos Aires ⓘ
Montevideo ⓘ
Río de la Plata region ⓘ
belongsToLanguageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Romance languages ⓘ
contrastsWith Caribbean Spanish ⓘ
Mexican Spanish ⓘ
Peninsular Spanish ⓘ
hasAlternativeName River Plate Spanish ⓘ
español rioplatense ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Andalusian Spanish ⓘ
Galician language ⓘ
Italian language ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature Andalusian-influenced phonology ⓘ
Italian-influenced intonation ⓘ
aspiration of /s/ in coda position ⓘ
sheísmo ⓘ
use of lunfardo vocabulary ⓘ
voseo ⓘ
yeísmo ⓘ
zheísmo ⓘ
hasMorphosyntacticFeature frequent use of diminutives like -ito and -ita ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature assibilated /r/ in some speakers ⓘ
unstressed vowel reduction is limited ⓘ
hasPronunciation /ʃ/ or /ʒ/ for letters ll and y ⓘ
hasRegionalVariant Rioplatense Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Buenos Aires Rioplatense Spanish

Rioplatense Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Inland Rioplatense Spanish

Rioplatense Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Montevideo Rioplatense Spanish
hasSociolinguisticAssociation urban Río de la Plata culture ⓘ
hasVerbConjugationPattern voseo present indicative endings (e.g., vos tenés, vos podés) ⓘ
replacesForm tú with vos in everyday speech ⓘ
spokenIn Argentina ⓘ
Uruguay ⓘ
spokenMainlyIn Greater Buenos Aires ⓘ
surface form: Buenos Aires metropolitan area

Montevideo ⓘ
surface form: Montevideo metropolitan area

La Plata Basin ⓘ
surface form: Río de la Plata Basin
standardIn informal speech in Argentina ⓘ
informal speech in Uruguay ⓘ
usedBy majority of Argentine Spanish speakers ⓘ
majority of Uruguayan Spanish speakers ⓘ
usedIn Argentine media ⓘ
Buenos Aires theatre ⓘ
Uruguayan media ⓘ
tango lyrics ⓘ
usesSecondPersonPluralPronoun ustedes ⓘ
usesSecondPersonSingularPronoun vos ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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

Andalusian Spanish → influenced → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Spanish-speaking world → hasLanguageVariant → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Latin American Spanish → hasRegionalVariety → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Santa Fe, Argentina → languageUsed → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Rioplatense Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Rioplatense Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buenos Aires Rioplatense Spanish
Rioplatense Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Rioplatense Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montevideo Rioplatense Spanish
Rioplatense Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Rioplatense Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inland Rioplatense Spanish
Rayuela → languageVariant → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Andean Spanish → contrastedWith → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Río de la Plata region → notableDialect → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Italian Argentine → influenced → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argentine Spanish
Italian Argentine → influenced → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunfardo
Peninsular Spanish → contrastsWith → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
El Rey de Copas → usedInLanguageVariant → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Mesopotamia–Litoral region (broad sense) → hasDialect → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Litoral Spanish
Modern Spanish → hasStandardForm → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
River Plate Spanish → alternativeName → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
River Plate Spanish → hasSubvariety → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buenos Aires Spanish
River Plate Spanish → hasSubvariety → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montevideo Spanish
Argentine cinema → notableLanguageVariant → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ