Spanish dialects and regional variants

Spanish is spoken natively by 480 million people worldwide and is the main language in 21 countries. Not surprisingly, there are a few dialects and lot of different accents!

Fortunately, although there are differences in pronunciation, grammar and idioms, if you speak one dialect well, you'll generally be able to communicate with someone who uses another. Knowing what the key differences are between them will help.

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