▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁s izable ▁population ▁of ▁Roman i ▁people ▁in ▁Chile . ▁They ▁are ▁widely ▁and ▁easily ▁recognized , ▁and ▁continue ▁to ▁hold ▁on ▁to ▁their ▁trad itions ▁and ▁language , ▁and ▁many ▁continue ▁to ▁live ▁semi - nom adic ▁l ifest yles ▁travel ing ▁from ▁city ▁to ▁city ▁and ▁living ▁in ▁small ▁tent ed ▁communities ▁ ▁L anguages ▁ ▁The ▁Spanish ▁spoken ▁in ▁Chile ▁is ▁distinct ively ▁acc ented ▁and ▁quite ▁unlike ▁that ▁of ▁neighbour ing ▁South ▁American ▁countries ▁because ▁final ▁sy ll ables ▁and ▁" s " ▁sounds ▁are ▁dropped , ▁and ▁some ▁con son ants ▁have ▁a ▁soft ▁pron unci ation . ▁Acc ent ▁var ies ▁only ▁very ▁slightly ▁from ▁north ▁to ▁south ; ▁more ▁notice able ▁are ▁the ▁small ▁differences ▁in ▁acc ent ▁based ▁on ▁social ▁class ▁or ▁whether ▁one ▁lives ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁or ▁the ▁country . ▁That ▁the ▁Chile an ▁population ▁was ▁largely ▁formed ▁in ▁a ▁small ▁section ▁at ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁and ▁then ▁migr ated ▁in ▁mod est ▁numbers ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁and ▁south ▁helps ▁explain ▁this ▁relative ▁lack ▁of ▁different iation , ▁which ▁was ▁maintained ▁by ▁the ▁national ▁reach ▁of ▁radio , ▁and ▁now ▁television , ▁which ▁also ▁helps ▁to ▁diff use ▁and ▁hom ogen ize ▁col lo qu ial ▁expressions . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁several ▁ind igen ous ▁languages ▁spoken ▁in ▁Chile : ▁Map ud ung un , ▁Que ch ua , ▁A ym ara ▁and ▁R apa ▁N ui . ▁After ▁the ▁Spanish