Central American Spanish

Central American Spanish
Español centroamericano
Pronunciation	[espaˈɲol sentɾoameɾiˈkano]
Native to	Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Belize Chiapas (Mexico)
Native speakers	Native: 42 million (2024)[citation needed] L2: 5 million (2024) [citation needed]
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Romance Western Ibero-Romance West Iberian Castilian Spanish Central American Spanish
Early forms	Old Latin Classical Latin Vulgar Latin Old Spanish Early Modern Spanish
Dialects	Guatemalan Honduran Salvadoran Nicaraguan Costa Rican
Writing system	Latin (Spanish alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Guatemala  El Salvador  Honduras  Nicaragua  Costa Rica
Regulated by	Academia Guatemalteca de la Lengua Academia Hondureña de la Lengua Academia Salvadoreña de la Lengua Academia Nicaragüense de la Lengua Academia Costarricense de la Lengua
Language codes
ISO 639-1	es
ISO 639-2	spa[1]
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
IETF	es-GT es-BZ es-HN es-SV es-NI es-CR
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Central American Spanish (Spanish: español centroamericano or castellano centroamericano) is the general name of the Spanish language dialects spoken in Central America. More precisely, the term refers to the Spanish language as spoken in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Panamanian Spanish is considered a variety of Caribbean Spanish, it is transitional between Central American and Caribbean dialects.