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rioplatense · Argentina

Argentina (Buenos Aires)

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Argentina · Buenos Aires / Porteño

Porteño Spanish is unmistakable: sheísmo turns 'yo' and 'llamar' into 'sho' and 'shamar', voseo replaces tú, and the melody rises and falls in the famous Rioplatense bounce.

Sheísmo: /ll,y/ -> [ʃ]Voseo: vos tenés, vos sosRioplatense bounce intonation

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Active features

Every phonetic parameter that deviates from this schema’s diffing anchor, with a plain-English gloss.

FeatureValueMeaningDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
Yeismo Styleyeismo_stylesh_soundDrill
Intonation Contourintonation_contourrioplatense_bounceDrill
Speech Ratespeech_ratefastDrill
Tuteo Voseotuteo_voseovoseoDrill