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Types of Spanish

Andalusian
Andalusian

Most Spanish dialects in Spain differentiate between the sounds represented in traditional spelling by z and c (before e and i ), pronounced /θ/, and that of s , pronounced /s/. However, in many Andalusian-speaking areas, the two phonemes are not distinguished and /s/ is used for both, which is known as seseo /seˈseo/.

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Canarian
Canarian

Canarian Spanish (Spanish: español de las Canarias, español canario, habla canaria, isleño, dialecto canario or vernacular canario) is a variant of standard Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands by the Canarian people.

Castilian
Castilian

The term Castilian Spanish can be used in English for the specific varieties of Spanish spoken in north and central Spain. Sometimes it is more loosely used to denote the Spanish spoken in all of Spain as compared to Spanish spoken in Latin America.

Distinct Language Groups
Distinct Language Groups

Language families of the world, language isolates, language family groups, subgroups of languages

Latin American Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Some say that Argentine Spanish is the sexiest Spanish. Others believe that the Spanish of Madrid is the most important, as that is the home of the Real Academia Española which regulates the language. But it shouldn’t be a question of Spanish vs Latin American Spanish.

Llanito
Llanito

Llanito or Yanito (pronounced ) is a form of Spanish heavily laced with words from English and some from other languages such as Genoese, spoken in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

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Murcian
Murcian

Murcian (endonym: murciano) is a variant of Peninsular Spanish, spoken mainly in the autonomous community of Murcia and the adjacent comarcas of Vega Baja del Segura and Alto Vinalopó in the province of Alicante , the corridor of Almansa in Albacete (Castile-La Mancha).

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Rioplatense Spanish
Rioplatense Spanish

Rioplatense Spanish (/ r iː oʊ p l ə ˈ t ɛ n s eɪ /; Spanish: español rioplatense, locally castellano rioplatense) is a dialect of the Spanish language spoken mainly in the areas in and around the Río de la Plata Basin of Argentina and Uruguay. It is also referred to as River Plate Spanish or Argentine Spanish.