Peruvian Spanish

Peruvian Spanish
Español peruano
Pronunciation[espaˈɲol peˈɾwano]
Native toPeru
Native speakers
29 million (2018)[1]
2,060,000 as L2 in Peru (2018)
Early forms
Latin (Spanish alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
 Peru
Regulated byPeruvian Academy of Language
Language codes
ISO 639-1es
ISO 639-2spa[4]
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone
IETFes-PE
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Dialect map of Peru (in Spanish)

Peruvian Spanish (Español peruano) is a family of dialects of the Spanish language that have been spoken in Peru since its introduction by Spanish conquistadors in 1532. There are five varieties spoken in the country, by about 94.4% of the population.[citation needed] The five Peruvian dialects are Andean Spanish, Peruvian Coastal Spanish, Andean-Coastal Spanish, Equatorial Spanish, and Amazonic Spanish.

  1. ^ Spanish → Peru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Eberhard, Simons & Fennig (2020)
  3. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2022). "Castilic". Glottolog 4.6. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. ^ "ISO 639-2 Language Code search". Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 September 2017.