Comments on: 10 Spanish Dialects: How Spanish is Spoken Around the World

By: jalajones

jalajones — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:16:10 +0000

my friend from mexico and im from columbia but when we talk in spanish we dont understand each other

By: Benjamin Alvillar

Benjamin Alvillar — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:49:13 +0000

I found you article very enlightening as well as interesting. Thank you very much.

By: emz

emz — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:17:43 +0000

Just wondering what variation of the spanish language spoken here in Northwest New Mexico and Southern Colorado?

By: sin delmayo

sin delmayo — Sat, 21 May 2011 13:30:16 +0000

I’m one of the Spanish dialect from Africa.

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By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:57:48 +0000

Am Steve from Nigeria,

I wanna start Spanish class very soon. Please tell me, which dialect do i go for?
Thanks in advance!

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By: Gabriel Marquez

Gabriel Marquez — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:47:24 +0000

I would not call it Dialects – It is a matter of different pronunciations depending on the region. At the end of the day, it does not matter how the spanish is pronounced, if you are from a spanish speaking country you will understand what is being said. In other words a Venezuelan will understand a chilean adna chilean will undersytand a puerto tican and a puerto tican will understand a person from spain. They maight use different vocabulary but never a variation of the actual grammar.
A dialect is a variation on the grammar of a particular language.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:01:47 +0000

A dialect is a regional variation in language. This can include morphological, syntactical, and phonological traits. I believe you are referring to phonological variations when you say accents. For instance, the obvious trait to me is the aspiration of s. There are several more which make the Spanish spoken in the region distinct from others.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:44:30 +0000

Ines, the Spanish from the areas you’re discussing is often shaped and reshaped simply by the people that come a learn in those nations.

It isn’t until you get to the “Root” Spanish that it really becomes different. For instance, getting into places in the Carribian.

Other languages shape the colloquialisms, in Europe the Spanish you hear in North Spain is very different from Barcelona Spain. In The areas you’re talking about, the dialect is a lot more informal.

It’s the subtle difference between English in England and the US. In every place, something different affects it.