how to learn other spanish languages
hondorous guatamale alcapulco
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Hello, Melony, welcome to the Forum. Please for future reference make sure to use proper grammar, punctuation and capitalization in your posts.
Your post shows some confusion between languages and regional variations of a language.
Let's start from the beginning, shall we?
You mentioned two countries and one city in your post: Honduras, Guatemala, and Acapulco, México. Spanish is the official language spoken in all three countries: Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. It is also the language spoken in most of Latin America, in Spain, and in several other countries, including the United States.
Likewise, there is only one English language, which is spoken in the United States, in England, in Australia, New Zealand, India, the Virgin Islands and so forth, and even in the Bronx and Missouri, I am given to understand.
But there are regional variations - we usually call them "accents". He or she speaks with a Southern accent, or a British accent, and so on.
Likewise, there are many different regional variations of Spanish. Different accents. And also different regions have some particular words that are unique to that place, or that are used in a different way in that place.
If you learn "standard English", people will understand you in all English speaking countries. The same goes if you learn "standard Spanish", and go to Spanish speaking countries and cities.
If you wish to learn the regional variations and accents, the best way to go about it is to learn the standard version first, and then go spend some time speaking with the locals, until you are able to pick up the accent and the local idioms and usages.
Hi Melony and welcome to SpanishDict! If you click on "Answers" at the top of your screen you will see a link to the guidelines of this forum. Please use correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in your posts because there are Spanish speaking people here to learn English, and poor grammar and misspellings set them back. Not to worry, most people don't think about that the first time they post.
What you are asking about is not other Spanish languages, but dialects. It is much like American vs. British vs. Australian English. Some of the vocabulary is a bit different, the pronunciation may be a bit different, but it is all the same language.
I would say that to learn the different dialects, first learn a good bit of the language from any source. Learn the vocabulary, how to conjugate verbs, how the structure works, and so on.
Then when you can easily listen to, and understand, the language, begin seeking out spoken sources from the regions that interest you. Better yet, spend as much time as possible in those regions. You will be able to pick up the accent much as you'd pick up a Bronx accent by visiting the Bronx or seeking out recordings by people with that accent.
