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rioplatense · Argentina

Argentina (Northwest / Tucumán-Salta)

rioplatenseintermediate

Argentina · Tucumán / Salta

The Andean-influenced northwest breaks from the Rioplatense norm: assibilated /r/ and a slower, highland-adjacent lilt replace the sheísmo and bounce of Buenos Aires.

Assibilated /r/ (Andean influence)Voseo: vos tenésSlower, highland-adjacent intonationStandard (not sheísmo) yeísmo

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FeatureValueMeaningDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
R Initialr_initialassibilatedDrill
Intonation Contourintonation_contourandean_risingDrill
Tuteo Voseotuteo_voseovoseoDrill