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Andean Spanish is a dialect of Spanish spoken in the central Andes, from western Venezuela, southern Colombia, with influence as far south as northern Chile and Northwestern Argentina, passing through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is influenced principally by Castilian, Canarian and Andalusian Spanish, which is favoured in the cities, while in rural areas and some cities, there is influence of Quechua, Aymara, and other indigenous languages. ==Notable phonological characteristics== * In Andean Spanish, the /s/ is never aspirated in the final position, that is, it's pronounced () and not (); this () is sometimes pronounced apical rather than laminal (a trait characteristic of northern Spain), a sound transitional between [] and [], this phonetic trait (unique in the Americas) is to be associated with a large number of northern Spanish settlers in Andean region. * As in all American dialects, Andean Spanish has ''seseo'' (traditional merges with ). That is, ''casa'' ("house") and ''caza'' ("hunt") are homophones. However, in Cusco many speakers realize as in some words, particularly in ''once, doce, trece''.〔 ''Seseo'' is common to all of America, the Canary Islands, and several areas in southern Spain. * Especially in the Ecuadorian variant, coda is often voiced to before a voiced consonant (including sonorants) or a before vowel. In the Peruvian variant, it is palatalized before . * In Bolivia, Ecuador, and southern Peru, and do not merge (lack of yeísmo). * Often the vowels and or and are merged, due to the influence of the tri-vocal system of Quechua and Aymara. * and are assibilated to and , respectively. into y. This is only found in Ecuador and Bolivia. * is velar rather than glottal * is realised as bilabial , the same one that adds an epenthetic is often confused with . *It gives emphasis to the consonants while weakening the vowels, with even less on unstressed syllables (like in Mexico, but not as marked). *The stress is, or tends to be, penultimate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andean Spanish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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