Peninsular Spanish

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Peninsular Spanish is the variety of the Spanish language spoken in Spain, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical features compared to other regional forms.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Castilian Spanish 15
Castilian 7
Peninsular Spanish canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect continuum
variety of Spanish language
contrastsWith Caribbean Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Mexican Spanish
Rioplatense Spanish
developedFrom Old Spanish
Vulgar Latin
hasAlternativeName European Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish

español de España
español peninsular
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
hasFeature aspiration or elision of final /s/ in southern varieties
distinción between /s/ and /θ/
use of leísmo in some central varieties
use of ustedes mainly as formal plural pronoun
use of vosotros as second person plural pronoun
yeísmo in many areas
hasRegionalVariant Andalusian Spanish
Canarian Spanish
Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish

Murcian Spanish
historicalOrigin Castile region of Spain
linked to: Castile
influencedBy Arabic language
Aragonese language
Basque language
linked to: Basque

Catalan language
linked to: Catalan

Leonese language
linked to: Leonese
languageFamily Romance languages
regulatedBy Royal Spanish Academy
spokenIn Spain
standardFormOf Spanish language
subfamily Ibero-Romance languages
typicalGrammar distinct conjugation forms for vosotros
preference for pretérito perfecto compuesto for recent past in many regions
use of clitic doubling in some central dialects
typicalPronunciation alveolar fricative /s/ distinct from /θ/ in most northern and central areas
assibilated or apico-alveolar /s/ in many northern varieties
interdental fricative /θ/ for letters z and c before e or i
weakening of intervocalic /d/ in many colloquial registers
typicalVocabulary use of coche for car
use of conducir for to drive
use of gafas for glasses
use of móvil for mobile phone
use of ordenador for computer
use of piso for apartment
use of zumo for fruit juice
usedIn Spanish education system in Spain
Spanish media in Spain
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

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

Latin American Spanish differsFrom Peninsular Spanish
Galician language hasNeighbourLanguage Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Meseta Central languageRegion Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Rioplatense Spanish contrastsWith Peninsular Spanish
Murcian Spanish hasNeighboringVariety Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Murcian Spanish influencedBy Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Valdemoro language Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Spaniards usesLanguage Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Andean Spanish contrastedWith Peninsular Spanish
Granadina belongsToLexiconOf Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Peninsular Spanish hasRegionalVariant Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Peninsular Spanish hasAlternativeName European Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Peninsular Spanish hasAlternativeName español peninsular
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Hispanic linguistics studies Peninsular Spanish
La Mancha traditionalLanguage Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Regent of Castile languageOfOfficialActs Castilian
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Juan Rejón ethnicGroup Castilian
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
John II of Castile languageOfCourt Castilian
subject linked to: John II
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Christian conquest of Seville languageOfPrimarySources Castilian
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
New Mexican Spanish hasInfluenceFrom Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
New Mexican Spanish differsFrom Standard Peninsular Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Cuban Spanish isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Standard Peninsular Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Constance of Castile languageSpoken Castilian
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Modern Spanish hasStandardForm Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Count of Castile hasLanguage Castilian
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Hakitia lexicalSource Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
River Plate Spanish contrastsWith Peninsular Spanish
Valencian Spanish hasSuperstrate Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Valencian Spanish coexistsWith Standard Peninsular Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Valencian Spanish differsFrom Standard Peninsular Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Cartagena variety subVarietyOf Peninsular Spanish
Maria of Castile languageSpoken Castilian
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula languageHistoricallyAssociated Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
La barraca languageVariant Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish