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Ecuadorian Spanish
Español ecuatoriano
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲolekwatoˈɾjano]
Native to
Ecuador
Native speakers
13.5 million (2014)[1] 742,000 in Ecuador (2014)
Language family
Indo-European
Italic
Latino-Faliscan
Romance
Western
Ibero-Romance
West Iberian
Castilian
Spanish
Ecuadorian Spanish
Early forms
Old Latin
Classical Latin
Vulgar Latin
Old Spanish
Early Modern Spanish
Writing system
Latin (Spanish alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
Ecuador
Regulated by
Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua
Language codes
ISO 639-1
es
ISO 639-2
spa[2]
ISO 639-3
–
Glottolog
None
IETF
es-EC
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Spanish is the most-widely spoken language in Ecuador, though great variations are present depending on several factors, the most important one being the geographical region where it is spoken. The three main regional variants are:
Equatorial Pacific Spanish or Equatorial Coastal Spanish[citation needed]
Andean Spanish[citation needed]
Amazonic Spanish[citation needed]
Additionally to the characteristics described below, Ecuadorian Spanish shares many characteristics that are widespread in Spanish in the Americas.
Other sociolinguistic factors that influence in the way of speaking are the ethnic or social class of the speaker, and whether the speaker lives in an urban or rural area. Since the Coast and the Highlands are the most populous areas, these are the country's most widely used dialects, despite being quite different from each other. For instance, there are many idioms specific to each region or province, and others that are used and understood nationwide.
^Spanish → Ecuador at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^"ISO 639-2 Language Code search". Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
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