section_path: Culture/Language
section_name: Language
paragraph_text: Language
  
  The usual language in Madrid is Peninsular Spanish.It is in the transition between northern and southern dialects.Typical features are:
  
  The arrival to Madrid of a substantial number of immigrants from Latin America (such as Ecuadorians) has induced processes of dialectal convergence and divergence in the city.
  
  In the 1970s and 1980s, Madrid youth created their own slang, Cheli.