What Is The Difference Between Spanish Dialects?

[snafu_susfu]

What is the difference between Castillian Spanish and the one spoken in South and Central (+ Mexico) America? Where could I learn more? Can they understand each other?

[Spicerack]

Que?

[Old_Geezer]

I suspect you could learn more at colleges, night schools, various apps, and websites. (But not from any spam postings on sites such as this, which your question will tend to encourage.)

[beso]

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/spanish/differences-between-castilian-and-latin-american-spanish/

[beso]

There is quite a lot of variation within Latin America too. I spent a few weeks in Ecuador in 1994. It has several distinct regional accents even within such a small country, particularly that of the southern city of Gauyaquil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language_in_Ecuador

[Peter Pedant]

very similar
certainly mutually intelligible

The stuff we learn at school is Cathteelian and is a sort of construct of Proper Spanith. If you do immersion courses such as one I did in Granada - there is a local dialect you hear in the street.

Madrid is /Madree/ in Granada - elle ( a letter - ll) is prounced /dj/

This is observed in all languages - a profusion of dialects nearest the centre of a language - that is for mathematicians - the rate of mutation of languages is inversely proportional to the distance from the centre ( m = 1/r )
well you did ask
this means that Sarf American Spanish will be more uniform ( lower mutation rate ) and retain old forms

there are things like lo-la-ism which are solely seen in spanish and I cant now remember what it is ....

vamos and vamonos spring to mind
oh and coger meaning take or er kiss
coger el autobus will make a South American snigger

otherwise completely intelligible - do Netflix - no difficulty in following the Thpanith in 'Mayans MC' or Chapo.

My nephew learnt his in Argentina and I dont recollect anyone saying in any language - "foo! you from Argie den innit?" OK he doesnt speak argie to a typical essex man

well you did ask

[Peter Pedant]

and as an example - my fave song from BB
completely intelligble
los gringos han creado - diddle diddle fooble!