Chilean Spanish | |
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español chileno | |
Pronunciation | [kasteˈʝano tʃiˈleno] |
Native to | Chile |
Ethnicity | Chileans |
Native speakers | 17.4 million (2015)[1] |
Latin (Spanish alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | ![]() |
Regulated by | Academia Chilena de la Lengua |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
IETF | es-CL |
Chilean Spanish (Spanish: español chileno[2] or castellano 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.[3] Formal Spanish in Chile has recently incorporated an increasing number of colloquial elements.[4]
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.[5]
Chilean Spanish has been identified by various linguists as one of the most divergent varieties.[4]