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Spanish is used in much of Spain and parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the US, Uruguay, Venezuela, and many other countries.
| Items shown below: | Standard Spanish, Andalusia, Buenos Aires, Chile, Mexico, Spanglish, the language game Jerigonza, and using constructed scripts |
See also Historical Spanish and Zamboangueño Chavacano creole.
Standard Spanish
shown using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA):
Europe | Latin America |
![[IPA for European Spanish]](spanishipa4europe.gif) |
![[IPA for common Latin American Spanish]](spanishipa4latinamerica.gif) |
Language information at Wikipedia
Writing system information at Omniglot
Alternate names for Spanish include Español, Castellano, and Castilian
Andalucian Spanish
Andalucian Spanish is spoken in parts of southern Spain (Andalusia & Extremadura), northern Africa (Melilla & Ceuta), and Gibraltar.
1) ¿Ónde ehtá mi abitazión?shown using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA):
![[IPA for Andalucian Spanish]](spanishipa4andalusia.gif)
Language information at Wikipedia
Andalucian Spanish is also called andaluz
Buenos Aires / Rioplatense Spanish
Rioplatense Spanish is used around the Río de la Plata basin which includes the cites of Buenos Aires (the capital of Argentina) and Montevideo (the capital of Uruguay).
1) ¿Dónde está mi pieza?shown using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA):
![[IPA for Rioplatense Spanish]](spanishipa4buenosaires.gif)
Language information at Wikipedia
Alternate names for Rioplatense Spanish include Buenos Aires Spanish, River Plate Spanish, and castellano rioplatense
Chilean Spanish
The Chilean variety of Spanish is used in Chile.
1) ¿Dónde está mi pieza?shown using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA):
![[IPA for Chilean Spanish]](spanishipa4chile.gif)
Language information at Wikipedia
Alternate names for Chilean Spanish include castellano chileno and español chileno
Mexican Spanish
The Mexican variety of Spanish is used in Mexico.
1) ¿Dónde está mi recámara?shown using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA):
![[IPA for Mexican Spanish]](spanishipa4mexico.gif)
Language information at Wikipedia
Spanglish
Spanglish is Spanish with a mixture of English words. It is used in some areas of the United States and Panama.
1) ¿Dónde está mi room?Language information at Wikipedia
Spanglish is also called Espanglish, Espaninglish, El Spanish Broken, Inglañol, and Espan'glés.
Jerigonza (also known as "idioma de la pe")
Jerigonza is a language game played in various Spanish speaking countries.
There are many different varieties;
The one below is specifically "idioma de la pe" or "habla con la pe".
A different varient puts the end consonant in the second half instead of the first half. So "el" becomes "épel" (L added to the second half) instead of "elpé" (L added to the first half):
1) ¿Dopondepe epestapa mipi hapabipitapaciopon?More games are on my language game page
Additional information at Wikipedia
Jerigonza is also called jerigonzo, jerigoncio, idioma de la pe, and habla con la pe.
Spanish using the constructed Herami Script
Herami Script was created by Hermes Saucedo after studying Tengwar and Old English alphabets. It is shown using literal (transliteraion) mode:
![[Spanish using Herami Script]](spanishherami.gif)
Writing system information at Omniglot
Spanish using the constructed Uniscript
Pangus Ho created Uniscript in 2013 as a universal, phonemic script capable of writing any language.
![[Spanish using Uniscript]](uniscript_spanish_uniscript.gif)
Writing system information at Omniglot and herokuapp.com
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