Isleño Spanish
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Isleño Spanish (Spanish: español isleño, French: espagnol islingue) is a dialect of Canarian Spanish spoken by the descendants of immigrant Canary Islanders who settled in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States, during the late 18th century.[2][3][4][5][6] It has been greatly influenced by adjacent language communities as well as immigration from peninsular Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries.[2][3][4] Moreover, the dialect spoken by the Isleños who settled along Bayou Lafourche is differentiated as Brule Spanish.[7][8]
Isleño Spanish | |
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español isleño | |
Pronunciation | [espaˈɲol isˈleɲo] |
Native to | United States |
Region | Louisiana (St. Bernard Parish, Plaquemines Parish, Ascension Parish, Assumption Parish, New Orleans) |
Ethnicity | Isleño |
Native speakers | More than 50 in St. Bernard Parish (2020)[1] |
Early forms | |
Latin alphabet (Spanish alphabet) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | loui1241 Isleño Spanishbrul1240 Brule Spanish |
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In the present day, Isleño Spanish is approaching complete extinction.[1][9][10] Throughout the 20th century, modernization and urbanization came to disrupt greatly the transmission of Spanish, coupled with the hardships of natural disasters.[2][10][11] The remaining Spanish speakers of the community tend to be elderly individuals from fishing communities of eastern St. Bernard Parish.[2][1]