Rioplatense Spanish
E64063
Rioplatense Spanish is a distinctive variety of Spanish spoken mainly in Argentina and Uruguay, characterized by features like voseo and unique pronunciation patterns shaped in part by Andalusian and Italian influences.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rioplatense Spanish canonical | 12 |
| Argentine Spanish | 1 |
| Buenos Aires Rioplatense Spanish | 1 |
| Buenos Aires Spanish | 1 |
| Inland Rioplatense Spanish | 1 |
| Litoral Spanish | 1 |
| Lunfardo | 1 |
| Montevideo Rioplatense Spanish | 1 |
| Montevideo Spanish | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T511894 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Rioplatense Spanish Context triple: [Andalusian Spanish, influenced, Rioplatense Spanish]
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A.
Latin American Spanish
Latin American Spanish is the group of Spanish dialects spoken across Latin America, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and some grammatical features that differ from Peninsular varieties.
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B.
Chilean Spanish
Chilean Spanish is a distinctive variety of Spanish spoken in Chile, characterized by unique pronunciation, vocabulary, and informal expressions that set it apart from other Latin American dialects.
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C.
Bolivian Spanish
Bolivian Spanish is the variety of Spanish spoken in Bolivia, notable for its strong influence from indigenous languages such as Aymara and Quechua, which shape its vocabulary, pronunciation, and expressions.
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D.
Colombian Spanish
Colombian Spanish is a regional variety of the Spanish language spoken in Colombia, noted for its clear pronunciation and diverse local accents.
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E.
Caribbean Spanish
Caribbean Spanish is a major regional variety of the Spanish language spoken in Caribbean countries and coastal areas, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, rhythm, and vocabulary.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Rioplatense Spanish Target entity description: Rioplatense Spanish is a distinctive variety of Spanish spoken mainly in Argentina and Uruguay, characterized by features like voseo and unique pronunciation patterns shaped in part by Andalusian and Italian influences.
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A.
Latin American Spanish
Latin American Spanish is the group of Spanish dialects spoken across Latin America, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and some grammatical features that differ from Peninsular varieties.
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B.
Chilean Spanish
Chilean Spanish is a distinctive variety of Spanish spoken in Chile, characterized by unique pronunciation, vocabulary, and informal expressions that set it apart from other Latin American dialects.
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C.
Bolivian Spanish
Bolivian Spanish is the variety of Spanish spoken in Bolivia, notable for its strong influence from indigenous languages such as Aymara and Quechua, which shape its vocabulary, pronunciation, and expressions.
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D.
Colombian Spanish
Colombian Spanish is a regional variety of the Spanish language spoken in Colombia, noted for its clear pronunciation and diverse local accents.
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E.
Caribbean Spanish
Caribbean Spanish is a major regional variety of the Spanish language spoken in Caribbean countries and coastal areas, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, rhythm, and vocabulary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect of Spanish
ⓘ
variety of Spanish ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Buenos Aires
ⓘ
Montevideo ⓘ Río de la Plata region ⓘ |
| belongsToLanguageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Romance languages ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Caribbean Spanish
ⓘ
Mexican Spanish ⓘ Peninsular Spanish ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
River Plate Spanish
ⓘ
español rioplatense ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Andalusian Spanish
ⓘ
Galician language ⓘ Italian language ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
Andalusian-influenced phonology
ⓘ
Italian-influenced intonation ⓘ aspiration of /s/ in coda position ⓘ sheísmo ⓘ use of lunfardo vocabulary ⓘ voseo ⓘ yeísmo ⓘ zheísmo ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticFeature | frequent use of diminutives like -ito and -ita ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
assibilated /r/ in some speakers
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unstressed vowel reduction is limited ⓘ |
| hasPronunciation | /ʃ/ or /ʒ/ for letters ll and y ⓘ |
| hasRegionalVariant |
Rioplatense Spanish
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Buenos Aires Rioplatense Spanish
Rioplatense Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Inland Rioplatense Spanish
Rioplatense Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Montevideo Rioplatense Spanish
|
| hasSociolinguisticAssociation | urban Río de la Plata culture ⓘ |
| hasVerbConjugationPattern | voseo present indicative endings (e.g., vos tenés, vos podés) ⓘ |
| replacesForm | tú with vos in everyday speech ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Argentina
ⓘ
Uruguay ⓘ |
| spokenMainlyIn |
Greater Buenos Aires
ⓘ
surface form:
Buenos Aires metropolitan area
Montevideo ⓘ
surface form:
Montevideo metropolitan area
La Plata Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Río de la Plata Basin
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| standardIn |
informal speech in Argentina
ⓘ
informal speech in Uruguay ⓘ |
| usedBy |
majority of Argentine Spanish speakers
ⓘ
majority of Uruguayan Spanish speakers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Argentine media
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Buenos Aires theatre ⓘ Uruguayan media ⓘ tango lyrics ⓘ |
| usesSecondPersonPluralPronoun | ustedes ⓘ |
| usesSecondPersonSingularPronoun | vos ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Rioplatense Spanish Description of subject: Rioplatense Spanish is a distinctive variety of Spanish spoken mainly in Argentina and Uruguay, characterized by features like voseo and unique pronunciation patterns shaped in part by Andalusian and Italian influences.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.