page_title: Spanish language in South America
hierarchical_section_title: Spanish language in South America
caption_attribution_description: Español: Folio 74 recto del Cantar de mio Cid.
context_page_description: The Spanish language in South America varies within the different countries and regions of the continent. The term "South American Spanish" is sometimes used as a broad name for the dialects of Spanish spoken on the continent, but such a term is only geographical and has little or no linguistic relevance.
  The diverse Spanish dialects of the continent have no unifying feature to set them apart from non-South American varieties. The Spanish of the Andean highlands is historically conservative, having some traits in common with the Spanish of central Mexico, while varieties spoken in Argentina and Venezuela share some phonological innovations with the Spanish spoken on Caribbean islands. In some cases a single South American country—for example Colombia—presents a broad spectrum of conservative and innovative dialects.
  Amazonic Spanish
  Andean Spanish
  Caribbean Spanish
  Rioplatense Spanish
  Argentine variations
  Cuyo Spanish
  Bolivian Spanish
  Chilean Spanish
  Chilote Spanish
  Colombian Spanish
  Ecuadorian Spanish
  Paraguayan Spanish
  Peruvian Spanish
  Peruvian Coast Spanish
  Uruguayan Spanish
  Venezuelan Spanish
context_section_description: The Spanish language in South America varies within the different countries and regions of the continent. The term "South American Spanish" (Spanish: español sudamericano or español suramericano) is sometimes used as a broad name for the dialects of Spanish spoken on the continent, but such a term is only geographical and has little or no linguistic relevance.
  The diverse Spanish dialects of the continent have no unifying feature to set them apart from non-South American varieties. The Spanish of the Andean highlands is historically conservative, having some traits in common with the Spanish of central Mexico, while varieties spoken in Argentina and Venezuela share some phonological innovations with the Spanish spoken on Caribbean islands. In some cases a single South American country—for example Colombia—presents a broad spectrum of conservative and innovative dialects.
  Amazonic Spanish (Mainly in Eastern Peru also in nearby Ecuador, Southern Colombia and Southern Venezuela)
  Andean Spanish  (Highlands of Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile and Peru; Highland of Colombia)
  Caribbean Spanish (Venezuela, the Caribbean and Pacific coast of Colombia extending down to Ecuador; also spoken in the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic,)
  Rioplatense Spanish (Argentina and Uruguay)
  Argentine variations
  Cuyo Spanish (Originally a branch of Chilean Spanish it has later on been influenced by Rioplatense)
  Bolivian Spanish
  Chilean Spanish
  Chilote Spanish
  Colombian Spanish
  Ecuadorian Spanish
  Paraguayan Spanish
  Peruvian Spanish
  Peruvian Coast Spanish
  Uruguayan Spanish
  Venezuelan Spanish
caption: Spanish language around the 13th century
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