page_title: Spanish phonology
section_title: Seseo, ceceo and distinción
hierarchical_section_title: Spanish phonology / Dialectal variation / Seseo, ceceo and distinción
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the ceceo–seseo distinction in Spanish Español: Mapa del ceceo-eseo-distinción en el español
context_page_description: Unless otherwise noted, statements refer to Castilian Spanish, the standard dialect used in Spain on radio and television.
  Phonemes are written inside slashes and allophones inside brackets.
context_section_description: Speakers in northern and central Spain, including the variety prevalent on radio and television, have both /θ/ and /s/ (distinción, 'distinction'). However, speakers in Latin America, Canary Islands and some parts of southern Spain have only /s/ (seseo), which in southernmost Spain is pronounced [θ] and not [s] (ceceo).
caption: Most dialects in Spanish from Spain have [s] / [θ] contrast (distinción), while [θ] is absent in Latin America and parts of Spain (seseo).
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