Caleño Spanish

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Caleño Spanish is the distinctive regional variety of Spanish spoken in and around Cali, Colombia, known for its particular accent, intonation, and local vocabulary.


Statements (31)
Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional variety of Spanish
country Colombia
derivedFrom Spanish language
hasAlternativeName Cali Spanish
es:español caleño
hasFeature distinctive accent
distinctive intonation
influence from Colombian Pacific region speech
informal speech patterns
lexical variation from standard Spanish
local vocabulary
phonetic variation from standard Spanish
regional slang
urban sociolectal variation
hasNameInLanguage es:Caleño
languageFamily Ibero-Romance languages
Indo-European languages
Romance languages
partOf Colombian Spanish
Latin American Spanish
region Southwestern Colombia
spokenIn Cali
Colombia
Valle del Cauca Department
usedBy inhabitants of Cali
inhabitants of metropolitan area of Cali
usedInContext everyday conversation
local media in Cali
music and popular culture from Cali
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Colombian Spanish
hasRegionalVariety

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