River Plate Spanish

E325292

River Plate Spanish is a distinctive dialect of Spanish spoken mainly in the Río de la Plata region of Argentina and Uruguay, known for its unique pronunciation and use of voseo.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
River Plate Spanish canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect of Spanish ⓘ
variety of Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
alternativeName Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
contrastsWith Mexican Spanish ⓘ
Peninsular Spanish ⓘ
distinguishedBy distinctive intonation patterns ⓘ
unique pronunciation of /ʝ/ and /ʎ/ ⓘ
use of vos instead of tú ⓘ
feature aspiration or loss of syllable-final /s/ ⓘ
distinctive second person singular verb conjugations ⓘ
sheísmo ⓘ
use of lunfardo vocabulary ⓘ
weakening of intervocalic /d/ ⓘ
yeísmo ⓘ
zheísmo ⓘ
hasMorphology distinct vos verb endings such as -ás, -és, -ís ⓘ
hasPhonology Italian-like intonation patterns ⓘ
affricate or fricative realization of /ʝ/ ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus prestige variety in Buenos Aires ⓘ
hasSubvariety Buenos Aires Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish

Inland River Plate varieties ⓘ
Montevideo Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
influencedBy Galician language ⓘ
Indigenous languages of the Southern Cone ⓘ
Italian language ⓘ
Lunfardo slang ⓘ
ISO639-3Status not separately coded ⓘ
languageFamily Romance languages ⓘ
partOf Spanish language ⓘ
linked to: Spanish
region Southern Cone ⓘ
spokenIn Argentina ⓘ
Uruguay ⓘ
spokenInCity Buenos Aires ⓘ
Montevideo ⓘ
spokenMainlyIn Río de la Plata region ⓘ
standardLanguage Spanish ⓘ
timePeriod modern era ⓘ
usedBy majority of inhabitants of Buenos Aires ⓘ
majority of inhabitants of Montevideo ⓘ
usedIn Argentine media ⓘ
Uruguayan media ⓘ
everyday speech in Buenos Aires metropolitan area ⓘ
tango lyrics ⓘ
uses voseo ⓘ
usesPronoun vos ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Rioplatense Spanish → hasAlternativeName → River Plate Spanish ⓘ