Camba Spanish

E149167

Camba Spanish is a regional variety of Spanish spoken primarily in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands, especially around Santa Cruz, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and intonation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Camba Spanish canonical 5
urban Camba Spanish 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish dialect ⓘ
regional variety of Spanish ⓘ
associatedWithEthnonym Camba ⓘ
belongsTo Bolivian Spanish ⓘ
contrastWith Andean Bolivian Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish

highland varieties of Bolivian Spanish ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
geographicDistribution Bolivian lowlands ⓘ
linked to: northern Bolivia

Santa Cruz region ⓘ
hasAlternativeName cruceño Spanish ⓘ
hasCenter Santa Cruz de la Sierra ⓘ
hasCharacteristic distinctive intonation ⓘ
distinctive pronunciation ⓘ
distinctive vocabulary ⓘ
hasLinguisticVariation rural Camba Spanish ⓘ
urban Camba Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Camba Spanish
hasPhonologicalFeature regional accent distinct from Andean Spanish ⓘ
hasRegister colloquial speech ⓘ
informal speech ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus marker of regional identity in eastern Bolivia ⓘ
influencedBy local indigenous languages of eastern Bolivia ⓘ
languageFamily Romance languages ⓘ
region Gran Chaco and surrounding lowlands ⓘ
spokenIn Bolivia ⓘ
Santa Cruz Department ⓘ
city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra ⓘ
eastern lowlands of Bolivia ⓘ
subfamilyOf Spanish language ⓘ
linked to: Spanish
usedBy inhabitants of eastern Bolivia ⓘ
people of Santa Cruz de la Sierra ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Bolivian Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Camba Spanish ⓘ
Santa Cruz de la Sierra → localLanguage → Camba Spanish ⓘ
Camba Spanish → hasLinguisticVariation → urban Camba Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Camba Spanish
Bauré → hasLanguageShiftTo → Camba Spanish ⓘ
Chiquitos region → language → Camba Spanish ⓘ