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New Mexican Spanish (view source)
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'''New Mexican Spanish''' is a term for the dialect, and sub-dialects, of the [[Spanish language]] spoken in [[New Mexico]]. When written it follows merged rules of the established in colonial-era Spanish as well as Latin American Spanish.
==Differences==
===Pronunciations===
*Loanwords from other languages, such as; ''troca'' (truck) and ''telefón'' (telephone). Even Standard Spanish words have become loanwords for other terms ''ojo'' (eye) doubles as "hot spring" in NM Spanish.
*Numerous words have changed pronunciation due to contact with [[American English]], [[New Mexican English]], and Native American languages of the area, such as; ''bolsa'' (pocket) is pronounced with a very short /b/ sound nearly sounding like mulsa, and ''miércoles'' (Wednesday) is pronounced with an unstressed /i/ making ist sound almost like mercoles.
*''Casa'' (house) and ''caza'' (hunt) have merged in pronunciation.
*''Yo seigo'' is sometimes used instead of ''yo soy".
===Spelling===
*Similarly to [[New Mexican English]], ''[[Chile (Capsicum)|chile]]'' is only used in reference to the New Mexico chile pepper, ''chili'' is equated to other peppers and Texas style chili con carne.
==References==
* ''A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish'' by Rubén Cobos
[[category:Language]]
[[Category:Romance languages]]
[[Category:New Mexico]]
[[Category:Western United States]]
==Differences==
===Pronunciations===
*Loanwords from other languages, such as; ''troca'' (truck) and ''telefón'' (telephone). Even Standard Spanish words have become loanwords for other terms ''ojo'' (eye) doubles as "hot spring" in NM Spanish.
*Numerous words have changed pronunciation due to contact with [[American English]], [[New Mexican English]], and Native American languages of the area, such as; ''bolsa'' (pocket) is pronounced with a very short /b/ sound nearly sounding like mulsa, and ''miércoles'' (Wednesday) is pronounced with an unstressed /i/ making ist sound almost like mercoles.
*''Casa'' (house) and ''caza'' (hunt) have merged in pronunciation.
*''Yo seigo'' is sometimes used instead of ''yo soy".
===Spelling===
*Similarly to [[New Mexican English]], ''[[Chile (Capsicum)|chile]]'' is only used in reference to the New Mexico chile pepper, ''chili'' is equated to other peppers and Texas style chili con carne.
==References==
* ''A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish'' by Rubén Cobos
[[category:Language]]
[[Category:Romance languages]]
[[Category:New Mexico]]
[[Category:Western United States]]