Chilean Spanish
Chilean Spanish (Spanish: castellano chileno or español chileno) is any of several varieties of the Spanish language spoken in most of Chile. Chilean Spanish dialects have distinctive pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and slang usages that differ from those of Standard Spanish. Formal Spanish in Chile has recently incorporated an increasing number of colloquial elements.
| Chilean Spanish | |
|---|---|
| Castellano chileno | |
| Pronunciation | [kasteˈʝano tʃiˈleno] |
| Native to | Chile |
| Ethnicity | Chileans |
Native speakers | 17.4 million (2015) |
| Latin (Spanish alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| IETF | es-CL |
The Royal Spanish Academy recognizes 2,214 words and idioms exclusively or mainly produced in Chilean Spanish, in addition to many still unrecognized slang expressions.
Alongside Honduran Spanish, Chilean Spanish has been identified by various linguists as one of the two most divergent varieties.
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