Spanish is not just Spanish anywhere you go. This language is diverse and exists in different dialects that make a Spanish speaker in Spain sound different from one in Africa. If you didn’t know about all the dialects of Spanish, it’s time to take a sneak peek into the various types of Spanish that we have. You might not need to speak all the dialects of Spanish if you intend to hold a simple conversation, but if you want to connect to a particular demographic of Spanish speakers, here are a few dialects you have to worry about. 

Types of Spanish 

Spanish in Europe

• Castilian: If you have ever heard
  anyone refer to any dialect as the general Spanish, it is most likely
  Castilian. The Castilian is the most popular Spanish dialect with over 45
  million speakers and it has a great influence on what is referred to as
  the standard American Spanish. For example, the unique pronunciation of
  the ‘í’ sound in Castilian which sounds like the ‘the’ pronunciation in
  English vocabulary. 
• Andalusian: Andalusian Spanish is often
  confused with Castilian because they sound similar. It is also spoken by a
  large number of people in Spain. However, the most notable difference
  between them is how ‘d’ is pronounced in Andalusian. 
• Canarian: This type of Spanish is
  spoken on the Canary Islands and has been highly influenced by Portuguese
  due to their political history. The Portuguese historically impacted some
  of the cultures on the island during the colonial era. Canarian is
  recognised by the pronunciation of its vowels like the aspirated ‘s’ and
  unique pronunciation of the letter ‘h’. It also has some consonants
  omitted from its alphabets. On other parts of the Canary Islands where the
  impact of the Portuguese is not as obvious, Gibraltar is the dialect
  spoken instead. Unlike Canarian, Gibraltar has English influence and sound
  more like Andalusian than the Caribbean. 

Spanish in Africa

• Equatoguinean Spanish: This Spanish dialect spoken
  in Equatorial Guinea sounds a lot like mixing the dialects from Europe with a
  few languages in Africa. Making the accent and intonation different. 

Spanish in the USA

• Mexican Spanish: Also known as the Latin
  American is very similar to Spanish dialects from Spain and as a result,
  native speakers from the two parts have little difficulty understanding
  each other. In many instances, they have no difficulty and only notice
  their differences in spellings and little technicalities. States that
  speak Mexican Spanish include Mexico, Peru, Columbia and a host of other
  South American countries. 
• Caribbean: The Caribbean is one of the
  Spanish dialects spoken in the USA and features aspirated consonants that
  sound like Portuguese. The Caribbean Spanish is similar to Canarian
  Spanish and is spoken along the East of Mexico, Central America, in Cuba
  and the Dominican Republic. The dialect also features a lot of elided
  middle consonants that makes the words sound like a string of
  vowels.  
• Rioplatense: The population and spread
  of the Rioplatense dialect are not as wide as other American Spanish and
  is only spoken in the region between Argentina and Uruguay. The written
  structure of Rioplatense is barely different from the ones in Spain,
  however, the native speakers often sound more like Italians than they do
  like Spaniards because of the region’s history of immigration. 

In conclusion, successful
communication with any Spanish speaker involves taking into consideration the
uniqueness of their dialect, especially in translation. This is because people
respond better to contents that are in their native languages. Therefore, if
you want to reach a market of one of the most popular languages in the world,
you need to do it right. With the right translators, you will have no problem
communicating in any of the various types of Spanish. TranslationsInLondon understands the nuances
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