Chocoano Spanish

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Chocoano Spanish is a regional variety of Colombian Spanish spoken primarily in Colombia’s Chocó department, characterized by distinctive phonetic and lexical features influenced by the area’s strong Afro-Colombian cultural heritage.

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Chocoano Spanish canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect of Colombian Spanish
regional variety of Spanish
associatedWith Afro-Colombian communities
country Colombia
culturalContext Afro-descendant communities of Chocó
geographicContext Colombian Pacific coast
hasFeature distinctive lexicon
distinctive phonetics
hasInfluenceFrom African languages
Afro-Colombian culture
Standard Colombian Spanish
linked to: Colombian Spanish
hasLexicalFeature regional vocabulary specific to Chocó
hasPhonologicalFeature prosodic patterns distinct from inland Colombian varieties
variation in consonant realization compared to standard Spanish
hasSociolinguisticStatus marker of regional identity
non-standard variety
isSubjectOf sociolinguistic studies of Colombian Spanish variation
languageBranch Romance languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
partOf Colombian Spanish
regionType coastal variety
spokenBy Spanish speakers in Chocó Department
spokenIn Chocó Department
Pacific region of Colombia
subfamily Ibero-Romance languages
usedBy inhabitants of Chocó Department
usedIn everyday communication
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Colombian Spanish hasRegionalVariety Chocoano Spanish