{"id":14477,"date":"2024-02-19T16:03:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T22:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sensorialsunsets.com\/?p=14477"},"modified":"2024-02-19T16:08:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T22:08:35","slug":"costa-rican-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sensorialsunsets.com\/en\/costa-rican-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rican Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learn about the characteristics of Costa Rican spoken Spanish: its phonetics, vocabulary and other aspects.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world in terms of the number of native speakers. When it was brought and taught in America by the Spanish colonizers, the Spanish language spread throughout almost the entire continent, displacing the native languages of the indigenous peoples. This is the reason why Spanish is spoken today in almost every country in America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the American continent is so large, it is normal that Spanish varies from one country to another, that they do not have the same lexicon, nor the same accent. Thus, Costa Rican Spanish has its own characteristics that differentiate it from other Latin American countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are many specificities in Costa Rican Spanish. However, what can be said in general is that the Spanish spoken in Costa Rica is heterogeneous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is this? The Spanish language in Costa Rica has been divided into two large dialectal zones: the Central Valley and Guanacaste. Even so, other smaller zones have been identified and, for some linguists, the dialects are found in five major regions: <\/p>\n\n\n

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