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- History of the Spanish language - The Spanish language developed from vulgar Latin, with influence from Basque in the north and Arabic in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula (see Iberian Romance languages). Typical features of Spanish diachronic phonology include lenition (Latin vita, Spanish vida; Latin lupus, Spanish lobo), palatalization (Latin annum, Spanish año) and diphthongation of short E/O from vulgar Latin (Latin terra, Spanish tierra; Latin novus, Spanish nuevo; Latin tempus, Spanish tiempo; Latin ferrum, Spanish fierro and now hierro).
- Dominican Spanish - Dominican Spanish is Castilian Spanish as spoken in the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola (La Española in Spanish) and throughout the Dominican diaspora (mostly in New York and Miami), and also uses borrowed words from African languages, Haitian Creole and native Taino languages. It is similar to Puerto Rican ...
- Standard Spanish - Standard Spanish or Neutral Spanish is a linguistic variety or lect that is considered a correct educated standard for the Spanish language. Standard Spanish is not merely Spanish adjusted to fit in prescriptive molds dictated by a linguistic overseeing authority, but also a form of language that respects the literary [and cultural ...
- Chilean Spanish - Chilean Spanish (Spanish: Español chileno or Castellano chileno) is the variety of Spanish spoken in most of Chile. Though still entirely mutually intelligible with standard Spanish, Chilean Spanish has distinctive pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and slang usage.
- New Mexican Spanish - New Mexican Spanish is a variant or dialect of Spanish spoken in the United States, primarily in the northern part of the state of New Mexico and the southern part of the state of Colorado. Despite a continual influence from the Spanish spoken in Mexico to the south, New Mexico's relative geographical isolation and unique political ...