The official language in Piura, Peru is Spanish. The people of Peru speak a form of Spanish called Castellano. There are three different types of this Spanish form spoken in Peru: Peruvian Coast Spanish, Andean Spanish, and Amazonic Spanish. In addition to these three branches of Castellano Spanish, many Peruvians are familiar with an ancient Peruvian language known as Quechua.
Peruvian Coast Spanish is the form of the Spanish language spoken in the coastal region of Peru. The Spanish spoken in Coastal Peru has four characteristic forms today: the original one, that of the inhabitants of Lima near the Pacific coast and parts south, (formerly from the old section of the city from where it spread to the entire coastal region); the inland immigrant sociolect; the Northern, in Trujillo, Chiclayo or Piura; and the Southern. The majority of Peruvians speak Peruvian Coast Spanish, as Peruvian Coast Spanish is the standard dialect of Spanish in Peru.
Andean Spanish is a dialect of Spanish spoken in the central Andes, from western Venezuela, southern Colombia, with influence as far south as northern Chile and Northwestern Argentina, passing through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is influenced principally by Castilian, Canarian and Andalusian Spanish, which is favoured in the cities, while in rural areas and some cities, there is influence of Quechua, Aymara, and other indigenous languages.
Amazonic Spanish (español amazónico), also known as Loreto-Ucayali Spanish or Jungle Spanish (español de la selva), is a variety of Spanish spoken in the Amazon, especially in the Peruvian Amazon provinces of Loreto and Ucayali. Amazonic Spanish is also spoken in areas of Brazil adjoining Loreto and Ucayali and in the Amazonas Department of Colombia.
Quechuan also known as runa simi ("people's language"), is a Native American language family spoken primarily in the Andes region of South America, derived from a common ancestral language. It is the most widely spoken language family of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably some 8 million to 10 million speakers. Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the Inca Empire. The Inca were just one among many peoples in present-day Peru who already spoke forms of Quechua. In the Cuzco region, Quechua was influenced by local languages such as Aymara. The Cuzco variety of Quechua developed as quite distinct. In similar way, a diverse group of dialects developed in different areas related to existing local languages during the period when the Inca Empire ruled and imposed Quechua as the official language.
Peruvian Travel Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N9ombudr3o&list=PLo6WmFbBTUewKp4zVeA1q6Lhp2Z-vL5cu&index=1
Peruvian Spanish (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMCqkQ1go7g&list=PLo6WmFbBTUewKp4zVeA1q6Lhp2Z-vL5cu&index=2
Peruvian Spanish (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4b8xF4rsp8&list=PLo6WmFbBTUewKp4zVeA1q6Lhp2Z-vL5cu&index=3
Peruvian Coast Spanish is the form of the Spanish language spoken in the coastal region of Peru. The Spanish spoken in Coastal Peru has four characteristic forms today: the original one, that of the inhabitants of Lima near the Pacific coast and parts south, (formerly from the old section of the city from where it spread to the entire coastal region); the inland immigrant sociolect; the Northern, in Trujillo, Chiclayo or Piura; and the Southern. The majority of Peruvians speak Peruvian Coast Spanish, as Peruvian Coast Spanish is the standard dialect of Spanish in Peru.
Andean Spanish is a dialect of Spanish spoken in the central Andes, from western Venezuela, southern Colombia, with influence as far south as northern Chile and Northwestern Argentina, passing through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is influenced principally by Castilian, Canarian and Andalusian Spanish, which is favoured in the cities, while in rural areas and some cities, there is influence of Quechua, Aymara, and other indigenous languages.
Amazonic Spanish (español amazónico), also known as Loreto-Ucayali Spanish or Jungle Spanish (español de la selva), is a variety of Spanish spoken in the Amazon, especially in the Peruvian Amazon provinces of Loreto and Ucayali. Amazonic Spanish is also spoken in areas of Brazil adjoining Loreto and Ucayali and in the Amazonas Department of Colombia.
Quechuan also known as runa simi ("people's language"), is a Native American language family spoken primarily in the Andes region of South America, derived from a common ancestral language. It is the most widely spoken language family of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably some 8 million to 10 million speakers. Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the Inca Empire. The Inca were just one among many peoples in present-day Peru who already spoke forms of Quechua. In the Cuzco region, Quechua was influenced by local languages such as Aymara. The Cuzco variety of Quechua developed as quite distinct. In similar way, a diverse group of dialects developed in different areas related to existing local languages during the period when the Inca Empire ruled and imposed Quechua as the official language.
Peruvian Travel Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N9ombudr3o&list=PLo6WmFbBTUewKp4zVeA1q6Lhp2Z-vL5cu&index=1
Peruvian Spanish (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMCqkQ1go7g&list=PLo6WmFbBTUewKp4zVeA1q6Lhp2Z-vL5cu&index=2
Peruvian Spanish (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4b8xF4rsp8&list=PLo6WmFbBTUewKp4zVeA1q6Lhp2Z-vL5cu&index=3