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(via Wikipedia) Lunfardo (from the Italian lumbardo or inhabitant of Lombardy in the local dialect) is a dialect originated and developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the lower classes in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, the surrounding area Greater Buenos Aires,[1][2] and from there spread to other cities nearby, such as Rosario, places with similar socio-cultural situations. Originally, Lunfardo was

Castellano. (Pron: Cas-tah-jzha-no. emphasis on the j sound, as in the word ‘edge‘) A pseudo dialect of Spanish, as in it’s not really a recognized dialect. Shhhhh don’t tell the argentines that, they get rather upset. Castellano should not be confused with Lunfardo nor Castillian Spanish. They’re not the same things. Castellano