Presentation - ECV2024-562

Children’s speech development: Spanish (Peruvian)

Chelsea SOMMER, Florida International University, USA (csommer@fiu.edu)
Evelyn CÁCERES NANO, Misión Caritas Felices and Clínica Benavides, Peru (evelcana@gmail.com)
Tanya FLORES, The University of Utah, USA (tanya.flores@utah.edu)
Delia DELGADO MALDONADO, FACES Foundation, Peru (deliaeli@gmail.com)

Peruvian Spanish is spoken in Peru and there are five dialects: the Andean highlands, Lima/central coast, northern coast, southern coast/southeast of the Andes, and the Amazonian lowlands (Lipski, 2017). Peruvian Spanish is characterized by 25 consonants, 12 consonant clusters, 5 vowels, 13 diphthongs, and uses the Latin Alphabet (Roman script) for the writing system. There are few studies on children’s speech acquisition in Peru. One study focused on the speech acquisition of children 3-6 years of age (Susaníbar Chavez et al., 2013). The findings from this study supported universals in speech sound development in that nasals and stops develop before the flap or trill. There are few journal articles on children with speech sound disorders in Peru; however, there are many theses. Theses from university students have focused on the evaluation of psychometric properties for assessments and have measured the efficacy of speech intervention programs.

Key words: 
Spanish, Peruvian, multilingual, communication, speech, language, children’s development, interdisciplinary, international communities, assessment, intervention

Book chapter:
Sommer, C., Cáceres Nano, E., Flores, T., & Delgado Maldonado, D. (2025). Spanish (Peruvian) speech development. In S. McLeod (Ed.). The Oxford handbook of speech development in languages of the world. Oxford University Press.

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This presentation relates to the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:

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