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Dialect comparison

Bolivian Spanish vs Rioplatense Spanish

Compare two dialects of Spanish side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Bolivian Spanish

Cochabambino · Camba (Lowland Bolivian)

The Spanish of Bolivia, internally split between Andean (La Paz, Cochabamba) and Lowland Camba (Santa Cruz) varieties. Heavy contact features from Quechua and Aymara in the highlands.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
-17.39°, -66.16°
Rioplatense Spanish

Río de la Plata Spanish

The Spanish of Argentina and Uruguay. Distinctive for its voseo verb forms, the sheísmo / zheísmo realisation of <ll>/<y>, and a strong Italian-influenced intonation.

Approximate centre
-34.61°, -58.38°

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