Latin American Spanish

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Latin American Spanish refers to the Spanish spoken in the Americas as opposed to Peninsular Spanish (Spanish spoken in the Iberian Peninsula).

Contents 1 Local variations 1.1 In South America 1.2 In Central America 1.3 In North America 1.4 In the Caribbean 2 Additional Material 3 External links

[edit] Local variations

[edit] In South America

• Bolivian Spanish
• Chilean Spanish
• Colombian Spanish
• Ecuadorian Spanish
• Paraguayan Spanish
• Peruvian Coast Spanish
• Rioplatense Spanish (Argentina/Uruguay)
• Venezuelan Spanish

[edit] In Central America

• Costa Rican Spanish
• Guatemalan Spanish
• Honduran Spanish
• Nicaraguan Spanish
• Panamanian Spanish
• Salvadoran Spanish

[edit] In North America

• Mexican Spanish
• Spanish in the United States

[edit] In the Caribbean

• Cuban Spanish
• Dominican Spanish
• Puerto Rican Spanish

[edit] Additional Material

• http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/m/jml34/city.pdf = Lipski, J. "The role of the city in the formation of Spanish American dialect zones"

[edit] External links

• Latin American Dictionary with Latin American Spanish variants for every country