if you're learning spanish i recommend you check out spanish pod NUMBER_TOKEN which has a library of thousands of audio and video lessons for learners of all levels click the link in the description or visit URL_TOKEN spanishpod for a free lifetime account and give it a try with a language as widely spoken as spanish there's bound to be some variation in how it's spoken there are differences in accent of course but also differences in vocabulary and grammar especially in more colloquial speech this is definitely the case with chilean spanish which is known as one of the language's most unique varieties the spanish brought their language to what is now peru and then to what is now chile in the NUMBER_TOKENth century when spain conquered the inca empire which included not only peru but also northern chile chile was already populated by indigenous people who spoke indigenous languages including quechua and aymara in the north and mapudo moon in the south of course the subjugated peoples were compelled to learn the language of their colonizers spanish but their native languages also influenced the emerging chilean variety of the language many of the spanish colonizers who settled in chile were from andalusia in southern spain which influenced chilean spanish notably in its intonation waves of immigration after the initial spanish colonization also influenced chile and spanish for example there was heavy immigration from england in the north of the country and germany and the south as well as italy switzerland france and other countries with the extremely arid atacama desert in the north and with the andes mountains to the east chile was historically rather isolated and remote which allowed chilean spanish to diverge somewhat from other varieties and develop its own flavor there are significant differences in chilean spanish depending on socioeconomic background with some of its most distinct features occurring mainly in very informal speech which some chileans look down on as the speech of poor people in more formal speech chilean spanish is firmly rooted in castilian spanish but even formal publications and media use some uniquely chilean idioms and vocabulary pronunciation like latin american spanish in general chilean spanish features ceseo and is the pronunciation of z and of c before i or e as su rather than th as it's pronounced in spain yes mo is the pronunciation of y and double l with the same sound though the exact sound varies somewhat depending on the accent most spanish accents feature yes more these days chilean spanish is known for aspiration of the sound sa when it occurs before a consonant or at the end of a word for example esto
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