Spanish Phrases/Vocabulary
Nicaraguan Spanish
The official language of Nicaragua is the Spanish language. One of the most salient features of Nicaraguan Castilian is the aspiration of / s / post-dialectal as in many regions of Spain and Latin America.
Also in Nicaragua, as in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela and the rest of Central America (except in Belize and Panama), voseo is used; And as in the Spanish of the River Plate, the use of the pronoun "vos" is part of the cultured norm.
In Nicaragua is used the Voseo pronominal and verbal, since the tuteo is minority. Voseo occurs commonly in the family and publicly among people of the same age or between friends. As a courtesy or respect to persons of public importance (executives, employers, professionals), adults or older persons are employed.In Nicaragua the use of "tú" (you) is practically extinct, since the entire population uses the "vos" for the informal and "Usted" (you) for the formal. If someone uses the "tú" (you) is considered a foreign person, or who imitates another culture, since the use of the "tú" (you) or its conjugation in some sentences or sentences is due to many Spanish-American "telenovelas" (TV soaps or Soap opera) where the tuteo is usual.
The Spanish of Nicaragua has hundreds of words from Nahuatl, there are also archaisms, in addition to many neologisms and anglicisms due to the strong American influence in the history of the country.
The variety of Spanish spoken in Nicaragua is being studied by linguists, as is the case of the researcher María Auxiliadora Rosales, who has published a Nicaraguan Linguistic Atlas, which deals with the forms and variants of pronouncing words in all corners Of the country, including in that study the Caribbean regions.
