Costeño Ecuadoriano
The Spanish of coastal Ecuador, centred on Guayaquil. Distinct from the Andean Quito variety, with stronger Caribbean Spanish features including /s/-aspiration.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- -2.17°, -79.92°
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Ecuadorian Spanish vs Northern Mexican Spanish
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Norteño Spanish
The Spanish of northern Mexico, centred on Monterrey and Chihuahua. Distinct from central Mexican Spanish in vowel realisation, intonation, and a distinct lexicon shaped by long contact with US English.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 25.69°, -100.32°
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DialectEcuadorian SpanishThe Spanish of coastal Ecuador, centred on Guayaquil. Distinct from the Andean Quito variety, with stronger Caribbean Spanish features including /s/-aspiration.DialectNorthern Mexican SpanishThe Spanish of northern Mexico, centred on Monterrey and Chihuahua. Distinct from central Mexican Spanish in vowel realisation, intonation, and a distinct lexicon shaped by long contact with US English.CompareAndalusian Spanish vs Ecuadorian SpanishAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of Spanish and the dialects within it.