Costa Rican Spanish
Variety of Spanish spoken and native to Costa Rica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Costa Rican Spanish (Spanish: español costarricense) is the form of the Spanish language spoken in Costa Rica. It is one of the dialects of Central American Spanish. Nevertheless, because the country was more remote than its neighbors, the development of this variety of Spanish followed a distinct path.
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Costa Rican Spanish | |
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Español costarricense | |
Pronunciation | [espaˈɲol kostariˈsense] |
Native to | Costa Rica |
Region | Central American Spanish |
Native speakers | 5,130,000 (2023)[1] |
Early forms | |
Latin (Spanish alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Costa Rica |
Regulated by | Academia Costarricense de la Lengua |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | es |
ISO 639-2 | spa[2] |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
IETF | es-CR |
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Today, despite the relatively small size of the country, each province maintains unique characteristics in pronunciation and lexcion. For instance, the Guanacase province's variety bears similarity to that of Nicaragua, while the tú form can be found more toward the border with Panama.