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The subject of the paper is a basic descriptive analysis from a diachronic and synchronic perspective of the (socio)linguistic phenomena seseo, ceceo and distinción with particular focus on the region of Andalucia; it traces back the phonetic and phonological changes (the reduction) of the fricative consonants that occurred in the Golden Age (XVI and XVII s.) and the far-reaching effects on the present consonant system in the Spanish Language, it illustrates the geographic distribution of the phenomena and the sociocultural implications of the use of the seseo-ceceo-distinción supported by copious examples excerpted from relevant sources among which the “Ortography of the Spanish Language” and the “Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts” by the Spanish Royal Academy (RAE), “Spanish Dialectology” by Alonso Zamora Vicente etc. Concurrently, the paper in a rather concise form in compliance with the manuscript requirements of the Editorial board of the Journal compares the three phenomena that understandably generate considerable confusion and represent a major difficulty for the non-native Spanish learners. The purpose of the paper is, in absence of Spanish grammar(s) in Macedonian language and published comparative papers on the subject, to familiarize the Macedonian linguists with these colorful traits of the Spanish Language and provoke scientific interest in the subject matter. The paper on the (socio)linguistic phenomena seseo, ceceo and distinción in the Spanish Language is penned within the scientific research macroproject of the Faculty of Philology “Blazhe Koneski” in Skopje. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]