Latin American Spanish

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1. See Spanish dialects and varieties

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

[edit] Local variations

In South America

• Argentinian Spanish
• Bolivian Spanish
• Chilean Spanish
• Colombian Spanish
• Ecuadorian Spanish
• Paraguayan Spanish
• Peruvian Spanish
• Uruguayan Spanish
• Venezuelan Spanish

In Central America

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

In North America

• Mexican Spanish
• Spanish in the U.S.

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