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southern_cone · Chile

Chile (Southern / Chiloé)

southern_coneintermediate

Chile · Chiloé Archipelago

The most conservative Chilean variety: island isolation preserved lleísmo remnants and slowed the mainland's radical consonant loss and glottal-stop insertion.

Lleísmo remnants: /ll/ closer to [ʎ]Milder consonant loss than mainland ChileSlower, more careful rhythmAspirated (not deleted) /s/

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FeatureValueMeaningDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
Yeismo Styleyeismo_stylelleismo_distinctionDrill
Intonation Contourintonation_contourchilean_fast_fallDrill