Colombian Spanish Accents

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Colombian Spanish Accents, performed by comedians on "La Luciérnaga" radio show.

This is a compilation of several of the many variations of Spanish in Colombia as performed by comedians from the "La Luciérnaga" radio show in Caracol Radio.

"La Luciérnaga" (meaning "the firefly") is a daily three-hour show of political satire and humor that has successfully run since 1992 on Caracol Radio, one of the main radio networks in Colombia. All female voices in the clip are performed by Alexandra Montoya. The male voices include Pedro González and Óscar Monsalve.

As in most societies, language variations in Colombia depend not only on geography, but also on age and socioeconomic status. Bogotá and Medellín, the two most populous cities in Colombia, are large enough to contain several distinct Spanish accents that can be easily identified by all Colombians.

The linguistic case to call these variations "dialects" (as opposed to simply "accents") is hard to make, given that there are neither grammatical distinctions nor broad vocabulary differences among them, only variations in pronunciation. A consequence of this is that all Colombian accents are mutually intelligible.

There are two main Colombian Spanish accents conspicuously missing from this ensemble. One is the accent spoken along the Caribbean coast of Colombia. It resembles Spanish accents across other Caribbean countries (such as Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and coastal Venezuela). The other one is the accent spoken in the Southwestern corner of the country (department of Nariño), which closely resembles the Andean accents of Ecuadorean Spanish.

Notice: Given the humorous nature of the radio show, the accents presented on the clip may be slightly exaggerated to overemphasize their idiosyncrasies.

Further reading at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_Spanish

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[rockmett]

haha buen video .. aunque se le pasaron muchos acentos como el costeño y el pastuso haha

[ivanmartinezm3]

EXCELENTE!!



[lauraloppez]

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