21.2941, Disc: Linguistic Particularities in the Yucatan

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Subject: 21.2941, Disc: Linguistic Particularities in the Yucatan

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Date: 14-Jul-2010
From: Win Whelan < wwhelan at sbu.edu >
Subject: Linguistic Particularities in the Yucatan
	 

		
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:29:07
From: Win Whelan [wwhelan at sbu.edu]
Subject: Linguistic Particularities in the Yucatan

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Hello,

I have heard that people who speak Spanish in the Yucatan, Mexico, speak it
with a distinct accent and vocabulary that is derived or mixed with Mayan.
 'x' is pronounced like 'sh' and words from Mayan have crept into the
Spanish.  Can you give more examples like this?  Can you tell me anything
more about how they speak in the Yucatan, their particular version of
Spanish?  

Thanks!
Win 


Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Spanish (spa)





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