Chilean Spanish

Chilean Spanish
español chileno
Pronunciation[kasteˈʝano tʃiˈleno]
Native toChile
EthnicityChileans
Native speakers
17.4 million (2015)[1]
Latin (Spanish alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
 Chile (de facto)
Regulated byAcademia Chilena de la Lengua
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone
IETFes-CL
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Primary dialects of Spanish

Chilean Spanish (Spanish: español chileno[2] or castellano chileno) is any of several varieties of the Spanish language spoken in most of Chile. Chilean Spanish dialects have distinctive pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and slang usages that differ from those of Standard Spanish.[3] Formal Spanish in Chile has recently incorporated an increasing number of colloquial elements.[4]

The Royal Spanish Academy recognizes 2,214 words and idioms exclusively or mainly produced in Chilean Spanish, in addition to many still unrecognized slang expressions.[5]

Chilean Spanish has been identified by various linguists as one of the most divergent varieties.[4]

  1. ^ "Chile".
  2. ^ "Sudamérica prefiere el término «castellano» y Centroamérica el de «español»" (in Spanish). 6 August 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  3. ^ Miguel Ángel Bastenier, "Neologismos y barbarismos en el español de dos océanos", El País, 19 July 2014, retrieved 20 July 2014. "...el chileno es un producto genuino e inimitable por el resto del universo lingüístico del español."
  4. ^ a b Alemany, Luis (30 November 2021). "El español de Chile: la gran olla a presión del idioma". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Nuevo diccionario ejemplificado de chilenismos y de otros usos diferenciales del español de Chile. Tomos I, II y III | Universidad de Playa Ancha Sello Editorial Puntángeles" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.