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American Spanish (Spanish: español americano) refers to the Spanish spoken in the Americas as opposed to European Spanish (Spanish spoken in the Iberian Peninsula) and African Spanish (spoken in Africa).

Local variations

North America

• Mexican Spanish
• Spanish in the United States
  • New Mexican Spanish

Central America

• Costa Rican Spanish
• Guatemalan Spanish
• Honduran Spanish
• Nicaraguan Spanish
• Panamanian Spanish
• Salvadoran Spanish
  • Caliche slang

The Caribbean

• Cuban Spanish
• Dominican Spanish
• Puerto Rican Spanish

South America

• Amazonic Spanish
• Bolivian Spanish
• Chilean Spanish
  • Chilote Spanish
• Colombian Spanish
• Ecuadorian Spanish
• Paraguayan Spanish
• Peruvian Spanish
  • Peruvian Coast Spanish
• Rioplatense Spanish (The Spanish spoken in Argentina and Uruguay)
• Venezuelan Spanish

Further information

• http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/m/jml34/city.pdf = Lipski, J. "The role of the city in the formation of Spanish American dialect zones"

External links

• Latin American Dictionary with American Spanish variants for every country