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It is the exception, rather than the rule, but there are two Nahuatl words that have been borrowed widely to other languages. They can be found in a recognizab
by el-salvador 3y ago
It is the exception, rather than the rule, but there are two Nahuatl words that have been borrowed widely to other languages.
They can be found in a recognizable form even as far away as Finnish, Korean, Indonesian, Japanese and Emoji.
Chocolate from Xocolatl
Tomato from Tomatl
- dghughes 3y agoAh yes I can see that it makes sense. But I guess I was under the impression what was meant was a small area of southern Spain and its language was more heavily affected that loanwords. Perhaps structure too not just using words for items that didn't exist in the Old World.
- anthk 3y agoYes, they has been affected. It has more Arabic loanwords (in use) than the rest of Spain. Such as "babuchas" for sneakers/slippers instead of zapatillas. But of course lots of words from the New World's Native Trives arrived to Spain: poncho, chocolate, coyote, cacahuete...