Spanish language in the Americas

There is great diversity among the various Latin American vernaculars, as there are no common traits shared by all of them which are not also in existence in one or more of the variants of Iberian Spanish.

[2] The total amount of native and non-native speakers of Spanish as of October 2022 well-exceeds 595 million.

Some differences are due to Iberian Spanish having a stronger French and Mediterranean influence than Latin America, where, for geopolitical and social reasons, the United States' English-language influence has been predominant throughout the twentieth century.

In general terms, the speech of the Americas shows many common features akin to southern Spanish variants, especially to western Andalusia (Seville, Cádiz) and the Canary Islands.

Coastal language vernaculars throughout Hispanic America show particularly strong similarities to Atlantic-Andalusian speech patterns while inland regions in Mexico and Andean countries are not similar to any particular dialect in Spain.