Salvadoran Spanish

Salvadoran Spanish nativename = Español salvadoreño
Pronunciation[espaˈɲol salβaðoˈɾeɲo]
Native toEl Salvador
RegionCentral American Spanish
Native speakers
6.5 million in total (2019)[1]
L2: 19,200 (Instituto Cervantes 2019)
Early forms
DialectsCaliche
Lenca
Latin (Spanish alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
 El Salvador
Regulated byAcademia Salvadoreña de la Lengua
Language codes
ISO 639-1es
ISO 639-2spa[2]
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone
IETFes-SV
Two varieties of Salvadoran Spanish by Azcúnuga López (2010).
  Lenca
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Salvadoran Spanish is geographically defined as the form of Spanish spoken in the country of El Salvador. The Spanish dialect in El Salvador shares many similarities to that of its neighbors in the region, but it has its stark differences in pronunciation and usage. El Salvador, like most of Central America, uses voseo Spanish as its written and spoken form, similar to that of Argentina. Vos is used, but many Salvadorans understand tuteo. Vos can be heard in television programs and can be seen in written form in publications. Usted is used as a show of respect, when someone is speaking to an elderly person.

  1. ^ Spanish → El Salvador at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "ISO 639-2 Language Code search". Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

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