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Navarrese dialect

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Navarrese
navarro
Native toSpain
RegionNavarre
EthnicityNavarrese
Early forms
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Navarrese is an Ibero-Romance dialect which is spoken in a transitional area between Castilian and Aragonese.[1][2] Navarrese was originally referred as its own language, however, the obscure dialect was merged into Castilian at the beginning of the 16th century.[3]

Characteristics

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Navarrese is known to retain traits from Navarro-Aragonese.[3]

  • Unlike Aragonese and Castilian, Navarrese perserves -mb-, such as in lamber, lombo, and palomba.

Vocabulary

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Several loanwords from Basque appear in Navarrese.[3] These include:

Navarrese Basque Meaning
asca aska trough, manger
celaya zelai plain, grassland
mandarra mandar apron

References

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  1. ^ Oliver, Tomás Buesa; Utrilla, José María Enguita; Egido, Aurora (1991). I Curso sobre lengua y literatura en Aragón: (Edad Media) (in Spanish). Institución Fernando el Católico. p. 72. ISBN 978-84-7820-091-7.
  2. ^ Pérez-Salazar, Carmela (1995). El romance navarro en documentos reales del siglo XIV (1322-1349) (in Spanish). Gobierno de Navarra, Departamento de Educación, Cultura, Deporte y Juventud. p. 284. ISBN 978-84-235-1447-2.
  3. ^ a b c Lister, Sophie; Lavender, Vicky (2000-02-01). "The Navarrese Dialect". University of Birmingham.
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