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  2. Peruvian Ribereño Spanish - Wikipedia

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    The majority of Peruvians speak this dialect, as it is the standard dialect of Spanish in Peru. Between 1535 and 1739, Lima was the capital of the Spanish Empire in South America, from where Hispanic culture spread, and its speech became one the most prestigious in the region, [1] [2] [3] as it was the home of the University of San Marcos. [4]

  3. Peruvian Spanish - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish language first arrived in Peru in 1532. During colonial and early republican times, the Spanish spoken colloquially in the coast and in the cities of the highland possessed strong local features, but as a result of dialect leveling in favor of the standard language, the language of urban Peruvians today is more or less uniform in pronunciation throughout most of the country. [5]

  4. Lima - Wikipedia

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    According to early Spanish articles, the Lima area was once called Itchyma, [citation needed] after its original inhabitants. However, even before the Inca occupation of the area in the 15th century, a famous oracle in the Rímac Valley had come to be known by visitors as Limaq (Limaq, pronounced , which means "talker" or "speaker" in the coastal Quechua that was the area's primary language ...

  5. Help:IPA/Spanish - Wikipedia

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    This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Spanish on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Spanish in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.

  6. Lima District - Wikipedia

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    Lima (Spanish pronunciation:), also known as the Cercado de Lima, is a district of the eponymous province of Lima, Peru.It is the oldest district of the province and as such, vestiges of the city's Spanish era remain today in the city's historic centre, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and contains the foundational area once surrounded by the city's walls.

  7. Languages of Peru - Wikipedia

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    In addition to Spanish, which is the most common foreign language, there exist other languages that also did not originate in Peru, and are spoken due to the results of migration. While it is true that there are many foreign colonies in Peru , the majority of these abandoned their original language.

  8. Department of Lima - Wikipedia

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    The Department of Lima (Spanish pronunciation:), known as the Department of the Capital (Spanish: Departamento de la Capital) until 1823, [1] is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru; the seat of the regional government is Huacho.

  9. Quechuan languages - Wikipedia

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    ñawi-i-wan- mi eye- 1P -with- DIR lika-la-a see- PST - 1 ñawi-i-wan- mi lika-la-a eye-1P-with-DIR see-PST-1 I saw them with my own eyes. -chr(a): Inference and attenuation In Quechuan languages, not specified by the source, the inference morpheme appears as -ch(i), -ch(a), -chr(a). The -chr(a) evidential indicates that the utterance is an inference or form of conjecture. That inference ...