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Salvadoran Caliche / Caliche Salvadoreño
The definition for Caliche is an informal term for Salvadoran Spanish due to colloquialisms and unique indigenous lexical words that are different from the Salvadoran Spanish. Caliche refers to the Nahuatl influenced dialect of Spanish spoken in El Salvador.Many words have gone through the process of deletion, vowel assimilation , or epenthesis to make it easier for the speaker to understand. Salvadorian Caliche is used across social classes. Although professional individuals tend to avoid it because it is not considered “proper” Spanish.

For example, this table shows the difference between Standard Salvadoran Spanish and Caliche:

Words like this are unique to El Salvador, when heard by someone that is not Salvadoran they are not understood. Nahuatl's influence appear in the word ‘chiche’, which means “parte del seno de la mujer” (DRAE (breast area) from nahuatl chichi ‘mama,teta’). But chiche in el Salvador means ‘facil' (que no requiere gran esfuerzo)(easy - it does not require much effort). Another word influenced by nahuatl is the word guishte that means a piece of broken glass. This word does not appear in any dictionary so its origin cannot be traced, but the only hypothesis behind this word was proposed by Pedro Geoffroy Rivas – an anthropologist, poet, and linguist – who believed that it came from the Pipil since El Salvador’s Spanish have been heavily influenced by it. Unfortunately, Caliche is not described in studies on Salvadoran Spanish. The philologist John M. Lipski points out that Centro American Spanish (including the Spanish spoken in El Salvador) lacks adequate sources for linguistic and literary research (Lipski, 1). Lipski further elaborates that such linguistic shortage indicates a possible generalization that in recent decades Salvadoran dialectology has failed to advance as rapidly as the comparative work in other Latin American nations (Lipski,1). Lipski, John M. "El español que se habla en El Salvador y su importancia para la dialectología hispanoamericana." The Pennsylvania State University, n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2014.