American Spanish refers to the Spanish spoken in the Americas
Americas
The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions.... as opposed to Peninsular Spanish
Peninsular Spanish
Peninsular Spanish, also known as European Spanish, refers to the varieties of Spanish language spoken in the Iberian Peninsula as opposed to the Spanish spoken in the Americas, also known as Latin American Spanish.... (Spanish spoken in the Iberian Peninsula) and African Spanish
African Spanish
African Spanish is a group of Spanish dialects spoken in Africa. There are more than 986,000 people of Africa who can speak Spanish. The only officially Spanish-speaking African country is Equatorial Guinea and the only officially Spanish-speaking African dependent area is Western Sahara, while other areas in Africa where it is an official l... (spoken in Africa).
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American Spanish refers to the Spanish spoken in the Americas
Americas
The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions.... as opposed to Peninsular Spanish
Peninsular Spanish
Peninsular Spanish, also known as European Spanish, refers to the varieties of Spanish language spoken in the Iberian Peninsula as opposed to the Spanish spoken in the Americas, also known as Latin American Spanish.... (Spanish spoken in the Iberian Peninsula) and African Spanish
African Spanish
African Spanish is a group of Spanish dialects spoken in Africa. There are more than 986,000 people of Africa who can speak Spanish. The only officially Spanish-speaking African country is Equatorial Guinea and the only officially Spanish-speaking African dependent area is Western Sahara, while other areas in Africa where it is an official l... (spoken in Africa).
Bolivian Spanish is spoken by 9,483,700 Bolivians.On the highlands the dialect is similar to Andean Peruvian and Ecuadorean Spanish due to the ethnic similarity between descendents of the Inca Empire....
Chilean Spanish is the variety of Spanish language spoken in most of Chile. Though still entirely mutually intelligible with standard Spanish, Chilean Spanish has distinctive pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and slang usage....
The Colombian Spanish accent is the variation of Spanish language with an accent spoken in Colombia, which have some distinctive features in comparison to the Spanish spoken in Spain and in other countries of Latin America....
Peruvian Coast Spanish is the form of the Spanish language spoken in the coastal region of Peru. The Spanish spoken in Coastal Peru has four characteristic forms today: the original one, that of the Liman inhabitants near the Pacific coast and south, ; the inland immigrant sociolect ; the northern, nearly extinct variant; and the southern....
Rioplatense Spanish is a dialectal variant , of the Spanish language which is mainly spoken in the areas in and around the R?o de la Plata drainage basin , between Argentina and Uruguay.... (Argentina/Uruguay)
Venezuelan Spanish is a dialect of the Spanish language spoken in Venezuela.Spanish was introduced in Venezuela by the conquistadors. Most of them were from Andalusia, Galicia , Basque Country and from the Canary Islands....
Panamanian Spanish is geographically defined as the form of Spanish spoken in the country of Panama in Central America.The variations among different speaker groups of the same language can be lexical , phonological , morphology , or in the use of syntax ....
Mexican Spanish is the dialect of the Spanish language, as spoken in Mexico.Spanish was brought to present day Mexico around 500 years ago. As a result of Mexico City's central role in the colonial administration of Viceroyalty of New Spain, the population of the city included relatively large numbers of speakers from Spain....
The Spanish language is the second most-common Languages in the United States after English language. There are more Spanish speakers in the U.S. than there are speakers of French in the United States, Hawaiian language, and the Native American languages combined....
In Cuba, the Spanish language has some different features than in other dialects.Differences are most noted especially in the pronunciation of certain consonants, especially with relation to their syllabic position....
Dominican Spanish is Spanish language as spoken in the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola and throughout the Dominican diaspora , African languages and the native Arawakan language....
Puerto Rican Spanish is the Spanish language as characteristically spoken in Puerto Rico and by millions of people of Puerto Rican people living in the United States and elsewhere....
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= Lipski, J. "The role of the city in the formation of Spanish American dialect zones"
