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Español Ecuatoriano

Ecuadorian Spanish
  • Global speakers: 17,080,000
  • ISO 639-3: spa
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Ecuadorians form by far the largest South American community in the city, and New York is the undisputed capital of Ecuadorian-American life. Starting in the 1960s and 1970s with a more middle-class professional group migrating especially from around Guayaquil, the NYC community increased dramatically following economic turmoil in the 1990s with large numbers coming from across the country but especially the heavily Indigenous (sometimes Kichwa-speaking) south-central highlands of Azuay-Cañar. A range of Queens neighborhoods including Corona and Ridgewood are major centers, but there are also sizeable communities in Bushwick, Parkchester, and many towns in New Jersey and upstate New York.
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Additional neighborhoods (NYC only)

  • Elmhurst
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  • Ridgewood
  • Sunset Park
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