Fidel Trujillo and Leo Paul Pacheco’s words resounded in New Mexican Spanish, a unique dialect that evolved through the mixing of medieval Spanish and Indigenous forms. The historic, endangered ...

Fidel Trujillo and Leo Paul Pacheco’s words resounded in New Mexican Spanish, a unique dialect that evolved through the mixing of medieval Spanish and Indigenous forms.

New Mexican Spanish is as central to these communities’ identity as their iconic adobe churches, and its best chance of survival might be through faith, too. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell’Orto) ...

He insists on using New Mexican Spanish even if the families only speak English. “I tell them, ’I’ll do three ‘decades’ in English, but let’s teach the kids,'” Montoya said.

New Mexican Spanish, a unique American dialect, survives mostly in prayers by: GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO, Associated Press Posted: May 22, 2023 / 07:05 AM CDT Updated: May 22, 2023 / 07:05 AM CDT ...

New Mexican Spanish, a unique American dialect, survives mostly in prayers KEYT By The Associated Press Published May 22, 2023 5:05 am ...