Variety of Spanish spoken and native to Costa Rica
Costa Rican Spanish
Español costarricense
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲolkostariˈsense]
Native to
Costa Rica
Region
Central American Spanish
Native speakers
5,130,000 (2023)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
Italic
Latino-Faliscan
Romance
Western
Ibero-Romance
West Iberian
Castilian
Spanish
North American Spanish
Central American Spanish
Costa Rican Spanish
Early forms
Old Latin
Classical Latin
Vulgar Latin
Old Spanish
Early Modern Spanish
Writing system
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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Spanish language
A manuscript of the Cantar de mio Cid, 13th century
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Costa Rican Spanish 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.
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.
^"Ethnologue". Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^"ISO 639-2 Language Code search". Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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