The different dialects of the Spanish language spoken in the Americasare distinct from each other, as well as from those varieties spoken in the Iberian Peninsula and the Spanish Mediterranean islands—collectively known as Peninsular Spanish—and Spanish spoken elsewhere, such as in Equatorial Guinea, Western Sahara, or in the Philippines. There is great diversity among the various Latin American vernaculars, as there are no common traits shared by all of them which are not also in existence in one or more of the variants of Iberian Spanish. A general Latin American "standard" does, however, vary from the Castilian "standard" register used in television, music and, notably, in the dubbingindustry.
