Spanish of the Andes

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Spanish of the Andes is a regional variety of Spanish spoken in the Andean highlands, characterized by distinctive phonetic, grammatical, and lexical features shaped largely by contact with indigenous languages such as Quechua.

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Spanish of the Andes canonical 1

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instanceOf Andean Spanish
regional variety of Spanish
contrastedWith coastal varieties of Spanish in the same countries
standard Peninsular Spanish
hasAlternativeName Andean Spanish NERFINISHED
español andino
hasFeatureOrigin Quechua-influenced discourse markers
Quechua-influenced syntax
hasGrammaticalFeature distinctive use of aspect and evidentiality in discourse
extended use of diminutives such as -ito and -ita
frequent use of double possessives
preference for simple verb forms over compound forms in some areas
use of redundant object pronouns influenced by Quechua
hasInfluenceOn Spanish used in local education in Andean regions
regional media language in Andean cities
hasLexicalFeature numerous loanwords from Aymara
numerous loanwords from Quechua
regional terms for traditional clothing and food
regional vocabulary for agriculture and highland ecology
hasPhoneticFeature assibilated pronunciation of /r/ and /rr/ in some areas
conservative pronunciation of syllable-final consonants in many highland areas
frequent use of [ʃ] or [ʒ] for ‹ll› and ‹y› in some zones
reduction or loss of final /s/ in some varieties
relatively tense and stable vowels
hasSociolinguisticVariation rural Andean Spanish
urban Andean Spanish
hasStatus non-standard variety of Spanish
influencedByLanguage Aymara NERFINISHED
Quechua NERFINISHED
languageFamily Romance languages
partOfLanguage Spanish language
shapedBy long-term contact with indigenous languages
rural highland sociolinguistic context
spokenBy indigenous populations in the Andes
mestizo populations in the Andes
spokenInCountry Bolivia NERFINISHED
Chile NERFINISHED
Colombia NERFINISHED
Ecuador NERFINISHED
Peru NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion Andean highlands NERFINISHED
studiedInField contact linguistics
dialectology
sociolinguistics
usedBy bilingual speakers of Spanish and Aymara
bilingual speakers of Spanish and Quechua

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Quechuan hasLinguisticInfluenceOn Spanish of the Andes