Rioplatense Spanish

Rioplatense Spanish (castellano rioplatense) is a dialect of the Spanish language which is mainly spoken in the areas in and around the Río de la Plata basin, in Argentina and Uruguay.

Location

Rioplatense is mainly centered around the cities of Buenos Aires, Rosario and Montevideo, the three most populated cities in the area, along with their respective suburbs and the areas in between. The dialect is also found in other areas, not geographically close but culturally influenced by those population centers.

Related Topics:
Buenos Aires - Rosario - Montevideo

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Rioplatense is the standard in the audiovisual media, due to its prevalence in the capital, where the most important media conglomerates are based. However, it is not as common in other large areas of Argentina, such as the province of Mendoza, which is heavily influenced by Chilean dialects, or in the province of Córdoba, which has a dialect with a heavily marked intonation, even while next to the provinces of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe.

Related Topics:
Mendoza - Chile - Córdoba - Intonation - Buenos Aires - Santa Fe

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Meanwhile, cities further away like Bariloche (also near Chile) and Ushuaia (in the southernmost part of the country) speak Rioplatense Spanish, probably due those cities' strong historical ties with Buenos Aires (especially Ushuaia, whose industrial base has a large majority of uprooted workers from Buenos Aires). The south of Argentina was colonised more recently from Buenos Aires or directly from Europe, whereas the provinces to the north have long-established Spanish-speaking communities with their own accents and dialects.

Related Topics:
Bariloche - Chile - Ushuaia

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