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If I remember correctly, and Joe Campbell can remind me, Spanish
pidgins are generally known as "ladino." One of the most famous is the
Ladino used by Sephardic Jews who fled the Iberian Peninsula following
the 1492 expulsion.<br>
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In various documents from the 17th and 18th centuries there are
increasing intrusions of Spanish words into Nahuatl. Examples can be
found in my guide to Nahuatl manuscripts in US repositories. Lockhart
does trace the three periods of language deformation, based on work he
and Frances Karttunen did. But as to the creation of a real amalgam of
Spanish and Nahuatl, I'm not aware of any.<br>
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Jesse Lovegren wrote:
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<div> If you haven't already done this, you might be interested in
reading in Pidgin & Creole linguistics and in language contact.
English and French-based creoles sprung up frequently through
colonial-era contact, but Spanish-based creoles are rare. In the case
of Spanish, the situation is more like a koiné, where proficient
bilinguals are the ones initially introducing changes, and the new
variety is formed gradually. As for Nahuatl/Spanish, I am not familiar
with literature on present-day contact between these two, but you will
find a discussion of how Nahuatl changed under influence from Spanish
in Lockhart's "The Nahuas after Conquest"</div>
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