Peruvian Spanish is the family of Spanish dialects used in Peru, officially called castellano, since Spanish conquistadors introduced the language to the region in 1532. It is spoken by about 94.4 percent of the population, roughly 29 million native speakers as of 2018. Linguists recognize five main regional varieties: Andean Spanish in the highlands, Peruvian Coastal Spanish along the coast, a transitional Andean Coastal Spanish, Amazonic Spanish in the Amazon region, and Equatorial Spanish around Tumbes. Andean Spanish is marked by a distinctive rhythm and a tendency to blur the vowels e and i and o and u, while Coastal Spanish keeps its consonants clearer and is often considered one of the most conservative coastal dialects in Latin America, retaining fricative sounds without the weakening found elsewhere. Like other Spanish dialects, it traces its ancestry through the Romance languages back to Latin within the Indo-European family.
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RegionSpoken in Peru since its introduction by Spanish conquistadors in 1532; comprises five regional varieties: Andean Spanish, Peruvian Coastal Spanish, Andean-Coastal Spanish, Equatorial Spanish and Amazonic Spanish. 1 Speaker CommunitySpoken by about 94.4 percent of the population of Peru, across its five regional varieties. 1 Distinguishing FeaturesPeruvian Coastal Spanish has the reputation of being one of the purest dialects in coastal Latin America because it does not debuccalize /s/ between vowels and retains the fricatives [x] and [chi], and is regarded as the base of standard Peruvian Spanish. 1 Classification
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1. Wikipedia: Peruvian Spanish
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There are five varieties spoken in the country, by about 94.4% of the population.
Peruvian Coastal Spanish section
It has the reputation (in pronunciation) of being one of the "purest" dialects in all of coastal Latin America because it does not debuccalize /s/ between vowels and retains the fricatives [x] and [χ]. It is the characteristic dialect as perceived abroad and has the reputation of being the base of "normal" or standard Peruvian Spanish.
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Peruvian Spanish is the family of Spanish dialects used in Peru, officially called castellano, since Spanish conquistadors introduced the language to the region in 1532.
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