Mexican Spanish

E9690

dialect of Spanish language variety variety of Spanish

Mexican Spanish is the variety of the Spanish language spoken in Mexico, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and influences from indigenous languages.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bajío Spanish	1
Central Mexican Spanish	1
Chiapas Spanish	1
Chilango Spanish	1
Northern Mexican Spanish	1
Oaxacan Spanish	1
Tex-Mex Spanish	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect of Spanish ⓘ language variety ⓘ variety of Spanish ⓘ
countryVariantOf	Spanish as spoken in Mexico ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	distinctive intonation patterns ⓘ distinctive pronunciation ⓘ distinctive vocabulary ⓘ frequent use of diminutives ⓘ reduction of unstressed vowels in some regions ⓘ seseo ⓘ use of English loanwords ⓘ use of indigenous loanwords ⓘ use of voseo in some regions ⓘ yeísmo ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom	Mayan languages ⓘ Nahuan languages ⓘ surface form: Nahuatl indigenous languages of Mexico ⓘ
hasLexicalItem	ahorita ⓘ chido ⓘ güey ⓘ órale ⓘ
hasLoanwordFrom	English language ⓘ Nahuan languages ⓘ surface form: Nahuatl language
hasMorphologicalFeature	frequent use of augmentative suffix -ote ⓘ productive use of diminutive suffix -ito ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	aspiration or elision of final /s/ in some coastal areas ⓘ assibilated /r/ in some highland areas ⓘ
hasRegionalVariant	Mexican Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bajío Spanish Mexican Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chiapas Spanish Mexican Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chilango Spanish Coastal Mexican Spanish ⓘ Mexican Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Mexican Spanish Mexican Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oaxacan Spanish Veracruz Spanish ⓘ Yucatec Mexican Spanish ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	frequent use of preverbal subject pronouns for emphasis ⓘ
languageFamily	Romance languages ⓘ
partOf	Spanish ⓘ surface form: Spanish language
spokenIn	Mexico ⓘ
standardFormBasedOn	Mexican Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Mexican Spanish
usedIn	Mexican cinema ⓘ Mexican education system ⓘ Government of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Mexican government Mexican legal system ⓘ Mexican literature ⓘ Mexican media ⓘ Mexican popular music ⓘ Mexican television ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Rioplatense Spanish → contrastsWith → Mexican Spanish ⓘ

South Texas → hasDialect → Mexican Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tex-Mex Spanish

Spanish-speaking world → hasLanguageVariant → Mexican Spanish ⓘ

Spanish → hasMajorDialect → Mexican Spanish ⓘ