Chilote Spanish

Chilote Spanish
Chilote Spanish
Chilote, castellano chilote
Pronunciation	[tʃiˈlote], [kasteˈʝano tʃiˈlote]
Native to	Chiloé Archipelago, Chile and vicinity.
Ethnicity	Chilote Chileans
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Romance Italo-Western Western Ibero-Romance West Iberian Castilian Spanish Chilean Chilote Spanish; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Latin Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Spanish Early Modern Spanish ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Spanish alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Chilote is a dialect of Spanish language spoken on the southern Chilean islands of Chiloé Archipelago (Spanish: Archipiélago de Chiloé or simply, Chiloé). It has distinct differences from standard Chilean Spanish in accent, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, especially by influences from local dialect of Mapuche language (called huilliche or veliche) and some conservative traits.

It is considered one of the four zones into which Chilean Spanish is divided, where it is regarded as “the most significant […] because of the archaic character of its language.”