Honduran Spanish
Honduran Spanish is the Spanish language as spoken in the country of Honduras in Central America. The voseo is routinely used in Honduras.
| Honduran Spanish | |
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| Español hondureño | |
| Native to | Honduras |
| Region | Central American Spanish |
Native speakers | 6 million (2014)[1] 112,000 in Honduras (2014) |
Indo-European
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| Latin (Spanish alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
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| Regulated by | Academia Hondureña de la Lengua |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | es |
| ISO 639-2 | spa[2] |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| IETF | es-HN |
| Spanish language |
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 Spanish around the 13th century |
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Local words
These words are some slang words used in Honduras. Some may also be used in neighboring El Salvador and elsewhere.
- Bululo - bread roll
- Trucha or pulpería - corner shop
- Relajo - mess
- Jura or chepo - police patrol
- Posta - police station
- Maje - dude
- Cipote(a) - kid (male, when it ends with "e"; and female, when it ends with "a")
- Güirro(a) - kid (male, when it ends with "o"; and female, when it ends with "a")
- Juco(a) - Dirty person (male, when it ends with "o"; and female, when it ends with "a")
gollark: I see.
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gollark: Cool, very haptic.
gollark: Circular screens? Ew.
gollark: Get better pockets.
References
- Spanish → Honduras at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- "ISO 639-2 Language Code search". Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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