Dominican Spanish
When Columbus came to America, in 1492, his ships anchoredat what is now The Dominican Republic. The island, which he named Hispaniola, became the first
Colombian Spanish
Colombia is a country as big as the variety of its dialects, which have differences in semantics, syntax, morphology and intonation. The northern dialects share
Uruguayan Spanish
We mentioned in other publications that, normally, the Spanish spoken in Argentina is called “rioplatense”, an adjective that takes it name from the areas adjacent
Chilean Spanish
Chilean Spanish, the Chilean dialect or Chilean castellano has three major influences: the indigenous languages (the Mapuche language and the Quechua of the south), “rioplatense”
Ecuadorian Spanish
In Latin America, as in the rest of the Spanish-speaking world, there is a rich spectrum of Spanish variants. While all Spanish-speakers understand each other,
Argentine Language Academy
It was founded in 1931. Given that at first it did not have the characteristics of a “Language Academy”, it was just “associated” to the
Mexican Language Academy
The Mexican Language Academy was founded in 1875. One of its honorary members, the writer Octavo Paz, has obtained, among other awards, the Cervantes Prize
French in Africa
Spanish is spoken in many countries, and while all Spanish speakers can understand each other, there are as many varieties of Spanish as nations that
Voice Recognition Translator
We have already spoken a lot in other posts on the progress of technology in the field of translation: translation memories, automatic translators, tools for
The Languages of Indonesia
Indonesian is the official language of the Republic of Indonesia (which is known as Bahasa Indonesia. Bahasa means ‘language’.). It was declared as the official
