Spanish language in South America

South American Spanish (Spanish: español sudamericano or suramericano) is a broad geographical term for dialects of Spanish spoken on the continent of South America.

The term is only geographical and has little or no linguistic relevance, since the diverse Spanish dialects of the continent have no unifying feature to set them apart from non-South American varieties. The Spanish of the Andean highlands is historically conservative, having some traits in common with the Spanish of central Mexico, while varieties spoken in Argentina and Venezuela share some phonological innovations with the Spanish spoken on Caribbean islands. In some cases a single South American country—for example Colombia—presents a broad spectrum of conservative and innovative dialects.

• Amazonic Spanish (Mainly in Eastern Peru also in nearby Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil)
• Andean Spanish (Highlands of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru; Highland of Southern Colombia and Northern Chile and Argentina)
• Caribbean Spanish (Venezuela, the Caribbean and Pacific coast of Colombia extending down to Ecuador)
• Rioplatense Spanish (Argentina and Uruguay also in nearby areas of Brazil)
• Argentine variations
  • Cuyo Spanish
• Bolivian Spanish
• Chilean Spanish
  • Chilote Spanish
• Colombian Spanish
• Ecuadorian Spanish
• Paraguayan Spanish
• Peruvian Spanish
  • Peruvian Coast Spanish
• Uruguayan Spanish
• Venezuelan Spanish