Pastuso Spanish

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Pastuso Spanish is a regional variety of Colombian Spanish spoken primarily in and around the city of Pasto in southwestern Colombia, characterized by distinctive pronunciation and vocabulary influenced by Andean and neighboring Ecuadorian dialects.


Statements (26)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish dialect
dialect of Colombian Spanish
regional variety of Spanish
country Colombia
geographicArea southwestern Colombia
hasFeature Andean phonetic traits
distinctive pronunciation
distinctive regional vocabulary
lexical influence from Ecuadorian Spanish
regional idioms specific to Pasto area
influencedBy Andean Spanish
Ecuadorian Spanish
language Spanish
languageFamily Ibero-Romance languages
Indo-European languages
Romance languages
partOf Colombian Spanish
primaryCity Pasto
primaryRegion Nariño Department
regionType Andean region of Colombia
spokenIn Nariño Department
Pasto
southwestern Colombia
usedBy inhabitants of Nariño Department
inhabitants of Pasto
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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

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