Ecuadorian Spanish

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Ecuadorian Spanish
Español ecuatoriano
Pronunciation	[espaˈɲol ekwatoˈɾjano]
Native to	Ecuador
Native speakers	13.5 million (2014)[1] 742,000 in Ecuador (2014)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Romance Western Ibero-Romance West Iberian Castilian Spanish Ecuadorian Spanish
Early forms	Old Latin Classical Latin Vulgar Latin Old Spanish Early Modern Spanish
Writing system	Latin (Spanish alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Ecuador
Regulated by	Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua
Language codes
ISO 639-1	es
ISO 639-2	spa[2]
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
IETF	es-EC
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Spanish is the most-widely spoken language in Ecuador, though great variations are present depending on several factors, the most important one being the geographical region where it is spoken. The three main regional variants are:

• Equatorial Pacific Spanish or Equatorial Coastal Spanish^{[citation needed]}
• Andean Spanish^{[citation needed]}
• Amazonic Spanish^{[citation needed]}

Additionally to the characteristics described below, Ecuadorian Spanish shares many characteristics that are widespread in Spanish in the Americas.

Other sociolinguistic factors that influence in the way of speaking are the ethnic or social class of the speaker, and whether the speaker lives in an urban or rural area. Since the Coast and the Highlands are the most populous areas, these are the country's most widely used dialects, despite being quite different from each other. For instance, there are many idioms specific to each region or province, and others that are used and understood nationwide.