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Disclaimer: I only learned about the New Mexico Spanish variant today and my experience is limited to OP's article plus 2 YouTube videos. That being said: I th

Disclaimer: I only learned about the New Mexico Spanish variant today and my experience is limited to OP's article plus 2 YouTube videos. That being said: I think that if you want to, you could learn "standard" Spanish and still have an understandable conversation with you family. At least for me (I'm Mexican) the people in those videos were easier to understand compared to the average Cuban Spanish, for example, which is one of hardest variants for me. And the differences in vocabulary is something you'd have to face regardless of the language variant. For example, I usually call a belt "cinturón" except for martial arts belts which I always call "cinta", but right now I just searched for "cinta negra" images and all the results were black adhesive tapes and black ribbons. But yeah, doing so would take many years of "talking like a preschooler", there's no escape from that. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkEq9OhbbDQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkEq9OhbbDQ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdAGJz4NvAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdAGJz4NvAg

jjav 4y ago
> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkEq9OhbbDQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkEq9OhbbDQ > [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdAGJz4NvAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdAGJz4NvAg As a native spanish speaker these are completely understandable, I wouldn't even call them a "different form of Spanish". Sure, they occasionally use a word or structure I wouldn't, but it's all very clear. No more different to my ears than variations in the language from country to country. > average Cuban Spanish, for example, which is one of hardest variants for me Interesting. Do you have some sample videos of what's difficult? I don't find Cuban Spanish at all different, but I did have a few Cuban friends growing up so perhaps my ear is used to it from that.
- neodypsis 4y ago
  I also understood everything. Reminds me of how some people talk in rural parts of Costa Rica.
- prmoustache 4y ago
  As a non-native spanish speaker I find it quite easy to understand, no more difficult than my mexican gf grandfather, and much much easier than spanish people from andalusia. Some examples: from Granada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvpHcX2Ksac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvpHcX2Ksac from Cadiz (which they really pronounce Ca'i): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRh9OjCW6Y8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRh9OjCW6Y8

jjav 4y ago

> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkEq9OhbbDQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkEq9OhbbDQ > [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdAGJz4NvAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdAGJz4NvAg As a native spanish speaker these are completely understandable, I wouldn't even call them a "different form of Spanish". Sure, they occasionally use a word or structure I wouldn't, but it's all very clear. No more different to my ears than variations in the language from country to country. > average Cuban Spanish, for example, which is one of hardest variants for me Interesting. Do you have some sample videos of what's difficult? I don't find Cuban Spanish at all different, but I did have a few Cuban friends growing up so perhaps my ear is used to it from that.

neodypsis 4y ago
I also understood everything. Reminds me of how some people talk in rural parts of Costa Rica.
prmoustache 4y ago
As a non-native spanish speaker I find it quite easy to understand, no more difficult than my mexican gf grandfather, and much much easier than spanish people from andalusia. Some examples: from Granada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvpHcX2Ksac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvpHcX2Ksac from Cadiz (which they really pronounce Ca'i): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRh9OjCW6Y8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRh9OjCW6Y8