Do they speak "epañol" in Chili?

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anders
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Postby anders » Sat May 13, 2006 9:42 am

A few months ago, I had a coffee together with my Vietnamese/Chinese fellow student and two of her female friends. I was perfectly sure that they spoke some Slavic language, but I couldn't identify any words (I've had some very elementary courses in Russian and Bulgarian). They said it was Albanian!
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Postby uncronopio » Mon May 15, 2006 10:12 pm

Most people in Chile do speak e(s)pañol. There is a good description of Chilean Spanish in Wikipedia. Wikipedia also includes descriptions for other dialects of Spanish.
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Postby Stargzer » Sat May 20, 2006 9:27 pm

Uh, for those of us who don't read Spanish too well, there is another Wikipedia article on Spanish Dialects and Varieties.
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