The Spanish of the Andean highlands across Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Heavily influenced in pronunciation, grammar, and lexicon by Quechua and Aymara.
- Approximate centre
- -12.05°, -77.04°
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Andean Spanish vs Chicano Spanish
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Mexican-American Spanish · US Spanish
The Spanish of Mexican-American communities across the US Southwest. Diverse and bilingual; shaped by long contact with English and characterised by code-switching (Spanglish).
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 34.05°, -118.24°
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DialectAndean SpanishThe Spanish of the Andean highlands across Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Heavily influenced in pronunciation, grammar, and lexicon by Quechua and Aymara.DialectChicano SpanishThe Spanish of Mexican-American communities across the US Southwest. Diverse and bilingual; shaped by long contact with English and characterised by code-switching (Spanglish).CompareAndalusian Spanish vs Andean SpanishAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of Spanish and the dialects within it.