Colombian Spanish

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Colombian Spanish is a regional variety of the Spanish language spoken in Colombia, noted for its clear pronunciation and diverse local accents.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect of Spanish
regional variety of Spanish
country Colombia
hasCharacteristic clear pronunciation
diverse regional accents
seseo
yeísmo
hasRegionalVariety Bogotá Spanish
linked to: Colombian Spanish

Caleño Spanish
Chocoano Spanish
Costeño Spanish
linked to: Caribbean Spanish

Island Caribbean Colombian Spanish
Llanero Spanish
linked to: Colombian Spanish

Paisa Spanish
Pastuso Spanish
Santanderean Spanish
linked to: Colombian Spanish
influencedBy African languages (via Afro-Colombian communities)
Caribbean Spanish
Indigenous languages of Colombia
languageFamily Romance languages
lexicalFeature distinct regional slang (jerga) such as "parce" in Paisa Spanish
use of voseo in some regions
morphosyntacticFeature use of diminutives such as -ico and -ica in some regions
officialStatusIn Colombia
partOf Spanish language
phonologicalFeature aspiration or deletion of syllable-final /s/ in many Caribbean coastal areas
generally clear articulation of consonants in many Andean areas
sharesFeatureWith Latin American Spanish
spokenInCity Barranquilla
Bogotá
Cali
Cartagena
linked to: Cartagena, Colombia

Medellín
spokenInRegion Amazon region of Colombia
Andean region of Colombia
Caribbean region of Colombia
Orinoquía region of Colombia
Pacific region of Colombia
usedIn Colombian education system
Colombian government communication
Colombian media
usesPhoneme /r/
/s/
/x/
/ɟʝ/
/ɾ/
/ʎ/ (in some regions)
/ʝ/
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (11)

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

Spanish hasMajorDialect Colombian Spanish
Colombian Spanish hasRegionalVariety Bogotá Spanish
linked to: Colombian Spanish
Colombian Spanish hasRegionalVariety Santanderean Spanish
linked to: Colombian Spanish
Colombian Spanish hasRegionalVariety Llanero Spanish
linked to: Colombian Spanish
Paisa Spanish partOfLanguage Colombian Spanish
Pastuso Spanish partOf Colombian Spanish
Chocoano Spanish hasInfluenceFrom Standard Colombian Spanish
linked to: Colombian Spanish
Muysccubun containsLoanwordsIn Colombian Spanish
La Merced hasLocalLanguage Spanish of Colombia
linked to: Colombian Spanish
Cuban Spanish isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Colombian Spanish