Description
The Spanish spoken in rural areas of New Mexico and southern Colorado can be described as a regional type of language made up of archaic sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish; Mexican Indian words, mostly from the Nahuatl; a few indigenous Rio Grande Indian words; words and idiomatic expressions peculiar to the Spanish of Mexico (the so-called mexicanismos); local New Mexico and southern Colorado vocabulary; and countless language items from English which the Spanish-speaking segment of the population has borrowed and adapted for everyday use.
A Dictionary Of New Mexico And Southern Colorado Spanish by author Rubén Cobos. Published by Museum Of New Mexico Press. This book has a 13 digit ISBN number 9780890131428 and a 10 digit ISBN number 0890131422.
