Rioplatense Spanish
E64063
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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buenos Aires Rioplatense Spanish | 1 |
| Inland Rioplatense Spanish | 1 |
| Montevideo Rioplatense Spanish | 1 |
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Buenos Aires Rioplatense Spanish
this entity surface form:
Montevideo Rioplatense Spanish
this entity surface form:
Inland Rioplatense Spanish