Cuyo Spanish or Cuyano Spanish (Castellano Cuyano)
is the
dialect
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of
Spanish
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that evolved in the
historical province of Cuyo and that is now spoken in the Argentine provinces of
Mendoza and
San Juan. To a lesser extent it is also spoken in the provinces of
San Luis and
La Rioja
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. Cuyo Spanish shares a series of common traits with
Chilean Spanish
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due to settlement history and commercial ties. Later on, under the Argentine Republic
Rioplatense Spanish
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, the dialect of
Buenos Aires
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and
Uruguay
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influenced Cuyo Spanish.
References
Spanish dialects of South America
Languages of Argentina
Spanish Argentine
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