Salvadoran Spanish nativename = Español salvadoreño | |
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Pronunciation | [espaˈɲol salβaðoˈɾeɲo] |
Native to | El Salvador |
Region | Central American Spanish |
Native speakers | 6.5 million in total (2019)[1] L2: 19,200 (Instituto Cervantes 2019) |
Indo-European
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Early forms | |
Dialects | Caliche Lenca |
Latin (Spanish alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | El Salvador |
Regulated by | Academia Salvadoreña de la Lengua |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | es |
ISO 639-2 | spa[2] |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
IETF | es-SV |
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.