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Ah 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 heavil
by dghughes 4y ago
Ah 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 4y 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...