Spanish Language in The United States - Variation

Variation

The influence of English on American Spanish is very important. In many Latino (also called Hispanic) youth subcultures, it is fashionable to variously mix Spanish and English, thereby producing Spanglish. Spanglish is the name for the admixture of English words and phrases to Spanish for effective communication.

The new generation of American Hispanics want to preserve knowing and using Spanish as equal to learning and using English. The Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (North American Academy of the Spanish Language) tracks the developments of the Spanish spoken in the United States, and the influences of English upon it.

Language experts distinguish the following varieties of the Spanish spoken in the United States:

• Cuban (1959-to date): Florida (especially South Florida) and New Jersey
• Colombian (second half of 20th century-to date) Florida, New Jersey and New York City, also could be presence in another states.
• Dominican (1943-to date): New York City, Miami, Boston, Philadelphia and Providence
• Salvadoran-Honduran (1598-to date): New Jersey, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Baltimore, New York City and New Orleans
• Venezuelan (18th century-to date): Florida, New York City, and Texas
• Andean (1950s-to date): Florida, New Jersey, New York City, Providence, and Texas
• Bolivian: (1950s-to date): Florida, New Jersey, New York City, and Providence
• Nicaraguan (1979-to date): Miami, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Houston
• Isleño (Islander) (18th century-to date): St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
• Mexican (also Chicano or Tex-Mex ): the U.S.–Mexico border, from southern California to Texas to Illinois, but becoming ubiquitous throughout the continental United States
• New Mexican (1598-to date)
  • Traditional Spanish (1598-to date): Central and north-central New Mexico and south-central Colorado
  • Renovador (Renovating Spanish) (20th century): The border regions of Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico, and southeastern Colorado
• Puerto Rican (1898-to date): New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and other large northeastern cities, and Illinois, Orlando and Tampa
• Spanish (1939-to date): throughout the United States.

Post-first generations of Spanish speakers tend to speak the language with American English accents of the region they grew up in.