Rioplatense Spanish

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Rioplatense Spanish is a distinctive variety of Spanish spoken mainly in Argentina and Uruguay, characterized by features like voseo and unique pronunciation patterns shaped in part by Andalusian and Italian influences.

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Generate an image of Rioplatense Spanish (Rioplatense Spanish is a distinctive variety of Spanish spoken mainly in Argentina and Uruguay, characterized by features like voseo and unique pronunciation patterns shaped in part by Andalusian and Italian influences.)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect of Spanish ⓘ
variety of Spanish ⓘ
associatedWith Buenos Aires ⓘ
Montevideo ⓘ
Río de la Plata region ⓘ
belongsToLanguageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
contrastsWith Caribbean Spanish ⓘ
Mexican Spanish ⓘ
Peninsular Spanish ⓘ
hasAlternativeName River Plate Spanish ⓘ
español rioplatense ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Andalusian Spanish ⓘ
Galician language ⓘ
Italian language ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature Andalusian-influenced phonology ⓘ
Italian-influenced intonation ⓘ
aspiration of /s/ in coda position ⓘ
sheísmo ⓘ
use of lunfardo vocabulary ⓘ
voseo ⓘ
yeísmo ⓘ
zheísmo ⓘ
hasMorphosyntacticFeature frequent use of diminutives like -ito and -ita ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature assibilated /r/ in some speakers ⓘ
unstressed vowel reduction is limited ⓘ
hasPronunciation /ʃ/ or /ʒ/ for letters ll and y ⓘ
hasRegionalVariant Buenos Aires Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish

Inland Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish

Montevideo Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish
hasSociolinguisticAssociation urban Río de la Plata culture ⓘ
hasVerbConjugationPattern voseo present indicative endings (e.g., vos tenés, vos podés) ⓘ
replacesForm tú with vos in everyday speech ⓘ
spokenIn Argentina ⓘ
Uruguay ⓘ
spokenMainlyIn Buenos Aires metropolitan area ⓘ
Montevideo metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Montevideo

Río de la Plata Basin ⓘ
linked to: La Plata Basin
standardIn informal speech in Argentina ⓘ
informal speech in Uruguay ⓘ
usedBy majority of Argentine Spanish speakers ⓘ
majority of Uruguayan Spanish speakers ⓘ
usedIn Argentine media ⓘ
Buenos Aires theatre ⓘ
Uruguayan media ⓘ
tango lyrics ⓘ
usesSecondPersonPluralPronoun ustedes ⓘ
usesSecondPersonSingularPronoun vos ⓘ

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Referenced by (27)

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

Andalusian Spanish → influenced → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Spanish-speaking world → hasLanguageVariant → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Latin American Spanish → hasRegionalVariety → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Santa Fe, Argentina → languageUsed → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Rioplatense Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Buenos Aires Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish
Rioplatense Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Montevideo Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish
Rioplatense Spanish → hasRegionalVariant → Inland Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish
Rayuela → languageVariant → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Andean Spanish → contrastedWith → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Río de la Plata region → notableDialect → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Italian Argentine → influenced → Argentine Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish
Italian Argentine → influenced → Lunfardo ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish
Peninsular Spanish → contrastsWith → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
El Rey de Copas → usedInLanguageVariant → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Mesopotamia–Litoral region (broad sense) → hasDialect → Litoral Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish
Modern Spanish → hasStandardForm → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
River Plate Spanish → alternativeName → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
River Plate Spanish → hasSubvariety → Buenos Aires Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish
River Plate Spanish → hasSubvariety → Montevideo Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish
Argentine cinema → notableLanguageVariant → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Todos los fuegos el fuego → languageVariant → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Santa Rosa, La Pampa → languageUsed → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
subject linked to: Santa Rosa
Mercedes, Corrientes → languageUsed → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Mercedes, Corrientes
Paraguayan Spanish → standardBasedOn → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ
Uruguayan Sign Language → distinctFrom → Uruguayan Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Rioplatense Spanish
La Matanza → languageUsed → Rioplatense Spanish ⓘ