Andean Spanish

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Andean Spanish is a regional variety of the Spanish language spoken in the highland areas of countries such as Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and northern Chile, characterized by distinctive phonetic, grammatical, and lexical features influenced by indigenous languages like Quechua and Aymara.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect of Spanish ⓘ
regional variety of Spanish ⓘ
contrastedWith Peninsular Spanish ⓘ
Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
coastal Spanish varieties ⓘ
developedFrom contact between Spanish and indigenous Andean languages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Andean Highland Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
hasFeature Aymara loanwords ⓘ
Quechua loanwords ⓘ
assibilated pronunciation of /r/ and /rr/ in some areas ⓘ
conservative pronunciation of /s/ in syllable-final position ⓘ
distinct intonation patterns compared to Peninsular Spanish ⓘ
distinctive grammar ⓘ
distinctive lexicon ⓘ
distinctive phonetics ⓘ
frequent use of double possessives in some areas ⓘ
influence of indigenous syntax patterns ⓘ
limited aspiration or deletion of syllable-final /s/ compared to coastal varieties ⓘ
retention of /ʎ/–/ʝ/ contrast in some speakers ⓘ
use of diminutives with pragmatic functions ⓘ
use of evidential-like expressions influenced by Quechua and Aymara ⓘ
use of lexical items not common in other Spanish varieties ⓘ
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom Aymara ⓘ
Quechua ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticAspect associated with rural and indigenous identity in some regions ⓘ
increasingly present in urban highland centers ⓘ
languageFamily Romance languages ⓘ
partOf Spanish language ⓘ
regionallyVariesIn Bolivian Altiplano ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau

Colombian Andes ⓘ
Ecuadorian Sierra ⓘ
linked to: western Andes

Peruvian Andes ⓘ
linked to: Cordillera Blanca

northern Chilean Altiplano ⓘ
spokenIn Andes ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
highland regions of South America ⓘ
northern Chile ⓘ
timePeriod developed since the colonial era ⓘ
usedBy bilingual speakers of Spanish and Aymara ⓘ
bilingual speakers of Spanish and Quechua ⓘ
usedIn education in some highland areas ⓘ
informal communication ⓘ
local media in Andean regions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

Runasimi → lexicalInfluenceOn → Andean Spanish ⓘ
Bolivian Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Andean Bolivian Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
Bolivian Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Valle Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
Bolivian Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Chapaco Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
Bolivian Spanish → closelyRelatedTo → Peruvian Andean Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
Bolivian Spanish → closelyRelatedTo → Argentinian Northwest Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
Pastuso Spanish → influencedBy → Andean Spanish ⓘ
Pastuso Spanish → influencedBy → Ecuadorian Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
Andean Spanish → hasAlternativeName → Andean Highland Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
Camba Spanish → contrastWith → Andean Bolivian Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
Spanish language in Ecuador → variety → Ecuadorian Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
Andean linguistic area → hasLanguage → Spanish (Andean varieties) ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
Andean languages → influenceOn → Andean Spanish ⓘ
Modern Spanish → hasStandardForm → Peruvian Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
Muchik → lexicalBorrowingInto → Peruvian Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
Paraguayan Spanish → differsFrom → Andean Spanish ⓘ
Babahoyense → usedIn → Ecuadorian Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish