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Chile (Northern / Arica-Iquique)

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Chile · Arica / Iquique

The Andean-influenced far north softens Santiago's radical consonant loss: coda /s/ merely aspirates, and the assibilated /r/ of the neighboring Peruvian/Bolivian highlands creeps in.

Aspirated (not deleted) coda /s/Assibilated /r/ (Andean influence)Less extreme than Santiago's consonant lossAndean rising intonation

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FeatureValueMeaningDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
R Initialr_initialassibilatedDrill
Intonation Contourintonation_contourandean_risingDrill