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In other languages: EspañolDescription
Castillian, also known as Spanish, is the official language and is spoken by virtually all the population in El Salvador. A very small number (around 500) of indigenous Pipils speak Nawat or Nicarao. The other indigenous languages, including Poqomam, Cacaopera, and Lenca, are extinct. Indigenous immigrants of Guatemalan and Belizean origin living in El Salvador speak Q'eqchi'. The local Spanish vernacular is called Caliche or Salvadoran Spanish, which is considered informal. As in other regions of Central and South America, Salvadorans use voseo. This refers to the use of "vos" as the second person singular pronoun, instead of "tú". [1]
Word List(s)
Spanish
Nawat or Nicarao
Q'eqchi'
- Q'eqchi' Maya Grammar (Wikipedia)
- Q'eqchi' Phrases (Quizlet)
- Book of Phrases, Compact Dictionary (Q’eqchi’) (Mayaglot)
Caliche or Salvadoran Spanish
Alphabet and Pronunciation
Spanish
- Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
- Spanish Pronunciation Dictionary (Forvo)
- Spanish grammar (Wikipedia)
Nawat or Nicarao
Q'eqchi'
Caliche or Salvadoran Spanish
Language Aids and Dictionaries
Spanish
- Spanish Letter Writing Guide
- Spanish Handwriting Clarified
- Learn Spanish (duolingo)
- Spanish dictionary (Lexilogos)
- English to Spanish Dictionary (Glosbe)
- The Spanish Script Tutorial (byu.ed)
Nawat or Nicarao
- English to Pipil Dictionary (Glosbe)
- Pipil (Nahuat) talking dictionary (TalkingDictionary)
- Du Bois, Arden. Nawat-English toponymic lexicon. San José, Costa Rica: Editorial Texto, 1976. Available at: WorldCat.
- Ascencio, Milton. Nawat of the Pipils : the recovery of an endangered language of El Salvador. n.p.: Arizona State University, 2005. Available at: WorldCat.
Q'eqchi'
Caliche or Salvadoran Spanish
Additional Resources
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "El Salvador," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador#Languages, accessed 17 May 2023.