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1. Spanish Language

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   Regional Variation and Neologisms
   Spanish exhibits profound dialectal variation across continents, leading to significant differences in lexicon. For instance, the common concept of 'car' is coche (Spain), carro (most of the Americas), or auto (Chile). Furthermore, Spanish vocabulary is uniquely susceptible to lexical inflation caused by **[Semantic Over-Absorption (SOA)](/entri…