Amazonic Spanish

Amazonic Spanish
español amazónico, español de la selva
Pronunciation[espaˈɲol amaˈsoniko], [espaˈɲol de la ˈselβa]
Native toPeru
RegionLoreto River, Ucayali River
Native speakers
2,700 (2011)[1]
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3spq
Glottologlore1243  Peruvian Amazonian Spanish
A map of interior Amazonian Spanish dialects

Amazonic Spanish (español amazónico), also known as Charapa Spanish, Loreto-Ucayali Spanish or informally known in Peru simply as Jungle Spanish (español de la selva), is a variety of Spanish spoken in the Amazon, especially in the Peruvian provinces of Loreto, San Martín and Ucayali. Amazonic Spanish is also spoken in areas of Brazil adjoining Loreto and Ucayali and in the Amazonas Department of Colombia.[2][1][3]

  1. ^ a b Amazonic Spanish at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Castro-Gómez, S. and Grosfoguel, R. (2007) El giro decolonial Siglo del Hombre Editores, page 170.
  3. ^ Spanish in Brazil, http://www.spanish-in-the-world.net/Spanish/brasil.php Archived 2013-05-29 at the Wayback Machine