Artículos sobre la lengua española Links to articles on several topics, including current usage and orthography of the language. In Spanish.American Dialects:Dialectología Española Information on the evolution and dialectology of the language, including phonology, internal and external influences on the language, and the Spanish currently spoken in Latin America and the US. In Spanish.
Donaire Information on English and Spanish as world-languages, how English has influenced Spanish, and the future of the two languages.
Fonética Information on the origin of Spanish and dialectal phonetic variation. In Spanish.
Function Words Information on the origin of prepositions, pronouns, and pronominal adjectives and adverbs in modern Romance languages.
Historia de la Lengua Español History of the language. In Spanish.
La Lengua Española Homepage with links to several sites on the history of Spanish. In Spanish.
Linguist list 3.202 Discussion of use of el/la for words beginning with the sound /a/.
Linguist List 3.275 Further discussion of el/la for words beginning with /a/.
"No debe inquietarnos" Article on the comments of the President of Argentina on contact between Spanish and other languages. In Spanish.
Pater Noster Links to versions of the Our Father in multiple languages, including numerous Spanish dialects.
Phonetics Information on phonetic evolution of Romance languages.
Pig Latin in Spanish Ways of forming Pig Latin in Spanish.
Portada Questions and answers on the history of Spanish. In Spanish.
Romance Languages Encyclopedia Britannica article on Romance Languages, including historical development and relations between the languages.
Spanish Language Brief history of Spanish.
Spanish Language General information, history, grammar, and vocabulary of the language. Includes a map of where Spanish is spoken in the world.
The Spanish Language Worldwide Number of Spanish speakers in 23 countries.
Spanish Lexicography Information on Spanish spoken throughout the world, emphasizing dictionary use.
Spanish Trivia Anecdotal information on Spanish throughout the world.
Características Dialectales Information on the phonology of the American dialects of Spanish. Also information on the use of voseo.Andalusian:Languages in Latin America Links to pages on the languages spoken in America, including native languages, creoles, Spanish dialects, and slang.
Latin American Spanish Information on the pronunciation of Spanish in America.
Living Languages of the Americas Select a country to see a list of the languages currently spoken in that country. Also has information on the number of speakers of each language.
<<Lo>> Invariable en América Response to a message about clitic reduplication by some American Spanish speakers. In Spanish.
Mexico Information on the number of speakers of the various languages in the country, including Spanish.
Para leer en voz alta Article criticizing the popular speech of Bolivia. In Spanish.
Un Sitio de Dialectología Española Map of South America – click on any region of the map to see a linguistic analysis of the region. In Spanish.
Características actuales del andaluz Page with links to information on the history of Andalusian, its phonetic/phonological and morphosyntactic properties, and ceceo/seseo. In Spanish.Arabic:¿Cómo escribir el andaluz? Describes the problem of representing the sounds of Andalusian with Castillian letters; includes a series of texts in Andalusian. In Spanish.
Arabic Words in Spanish A list of Arabic loan-words in the Spanish language.Aragonese:Mozarabic History of the language.
Las Lenguas de Aragón Information on Aragonese and Catalonian in Aragon. In Spanish.Asturian:Red Aragón Home page with links to information on the history and vocabulary of Aragonese. Includes a link to a text in Aragonese. In Spanish.
Asturian Information on grammar, vocabulary, and toponymy of the language.Basque:Dialogo de la Llingua A series of questions and answers on the identity, status, grammar, and evolution of the Asturian language (starts at question 105). In Spanish.
Dicionariu de Llingua Asturiana Asturian/Spanish dictionary. In Asturian.
El Idioma Describes the use of the term "Bable" to refer to the Asturian language. In Spanish.
Lengua e Identidad en Asturias Information on the history of Asturian and its importance for regional identity. In Spanish.
Mirandês Information on the dialect, with links to several texts.
El Euskara History of the language of the Basque, with some useful vocabulary. In Spanish.Caribbean:Los Vascones Map of the region inhabited by the Basque. In Spanish.
El Caribe General information on Caribbean dialects, with a link to an analysis of /s/ aspiration and elision in Cuban and Venezuelan speakers. In Spanish.Catalonian (including Balearic dialects):Cubanism Words A list of Cuban words and expressions, with their English translations.
Cubonics Page A brief explanation of cubonics and a list of expressions with translations.
La Lengua de Puerto Rico Information on Puerto Rican Spanish, including its history and its contact with English. In Spanish.
Puerto Rico Information on the languages and numbers of speakers in Puerto Rico.
Balear Information on the history and evolution of the Balearan language. In Spanish.Chabacano:Catalá Information on the language and number of speakers. In Catalonian.
Catalan Links to general information on Catalonian, FAQ’s (including history), grammar, and sample texts.
Catalonian Manuscripts Links to images of medieval Catalonian texts.
Mallorquin Language Short list of vocabulary in Mallorquin.
El Chabacano Article on the probable extinction of Chabacano. In Spanish.Creoles:El chabacano Website with description, links to articles and institutions, etc. Includes Padre Nuestro. In Spanish.
The Chabacano Corner Home page with links to information on the history, identity, and current status of Chabacano and Spanish in the city of Zaboanga. Includes a small Chabacano/English dictionary.
Chabacano Dialect Information on the origin of Spanish dialects in the Philippines.
En Defensa del Chabacano Article defending the validity and grammatical simplicity of Chabacano. In Spanish.
Respuesta Article on the Spanish roots of Philippine diallects. In Spanish.
Revista Filipina Articles on the disappearance of Spanish in the Philippines and the Spanish roots of vernacular speech. In Spanish.
Zamboanga Home page with links to articles on Chabacano (those articles are listed here as El Chabacano and Respuesta). Includes a section of text in Chabacano. In Spanish.
Creole Links to ethnographic information about Chavacano and Palenquero. There is also a link for Papiamento under the category of Portuguese creoles.Galician and Portuguese:The Creolist Archive Links to other creole pages. Includes general links as well as links for Papiamento, Palenquero, and the Spanish creole of the Philippines.
Creole-to-Creole Contacts Information on contact between creole languages in the Spanish Caribbean.
Lección 1 Information on the definition, origin, and development of creole languages. In Spanish.
Legal Translation in Macau Information on the bilingual (Chinese and Portuguese) legal system of Macau.
Galician General information on the language, as well as dialect maps and medieval texts.Indigenous Languages:El Gallego A history of the Galician language. In Spanish.
El Gallego Es A series of pages about the history of Galician, including linguistic developments in the twentieth century. In Spanish.
Instituto da lingua galega Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. In Galician.
A Língua Portuguesa A history of the Portuguese language. In Portuguese.
Linguist List 6.1394 Commentary on the continuum between Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese.
Mapa Sociolingüístico Part of a sociolinguistic study of Galicia. In Spanish.
Portuguese Language General information, history, grammar, and vocabulary of the language. Includes a map of where Portuguese is spoken in the world.
Vocabulario Galician/English/Spanish word list. In Spanish.
Cultura y Bilingüismo Information on bilingualism in Paraguay and contact between Spanish and Guaraní. In Spanish.Judeo-Spanish:El Quichua Santiagueño Geographic, historical, and linguistic information about Quichua. In Spanish.
Características Dialectales Linguistic information about the Santiaguan dialect of Quichua, including mention of the influence of Spanish on Quichua. In Spanish.
Alefbet Information on Hebrew, with links to sites on the history of the Jews in Spain.Latin:El Ladino Information on the language, including dialects and writing systems. In Spanish.
Ladino Language Information on the history, orthography, phonology, morphology, and lexicon of Ladino, with a link to several texts in the language.
Glosario Glossary of Hebrew terms. In Spanish.
Ladinokomunita Information on a virtual community where the Ladino language is used.
Sephardic House Brief history of Ladino.
Davi Tabulae Paradigm charts for conjugation and declension of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.Lunfardo:Vulgar Latin A map of where Latin was spoken and information on the grammar, vocabulary, and texts of Vulgar Latin/Romance.
A favor del Lunfardo Article on the value of Lunfardo. Includes a section for readers to make comments and to read the comments of other readers. In Spanish.Papiamento:Diccionario de Lunfardo Extensive list of Lunfardo words with Spanish meanings. In Spanish.
Lunfardo Some Lunfardo words with Spanish meanings. In Spanish.
Lunfardo Short Lunfardo/Castillian word list. In Spanish.
Lunfardo Argentino Fairly extensive list of Lunfardo terms and their Englsih meanings. Includes sections for food and vulgar words.
Lunfardo, aquí y allá Article on the definition and history of Lunfardo. In Spanish.
Spanish Net College Short Lunfardo/Spanish word list. In English and Spanish.
About Papiamentu Information on the language, including its origin, speakers, and vocabulary.Peninsular Dialects:Bonaire’s Papiamento Language Origins of Papiamento, characteristics of creoles in general, and some words and phrases.
News in Papiamento Online newspaper. In Papiamento.
Papiamentu Brief history of the language, with example sentences in Papiamento, Spanish, Portuguese, and English.
Atlas de Historia Antigua Links to historical maps, including a map of Indo-European migration, and Roman maps. Section (4) contains maps from the Peninsula, including maps of linguistically significant place names and pre-Roman writing systems. In Spanish.Spanglish:Babel Information on the number of speakers of the nine languages of Spain. In Spanish.
Castilian Information on the history and regional variation of Castilian.
Endangered Languages Links to information on endangered languages in Spain.
Ethnologue Information on the number of speakers of each language/dialect spoken in Spain.
Extremeño Revista de Estudios Extremeños; Habla de Extremadura. Both include many links to other sites and bibliography about the culture, language and linguistics of Extremadura.
Historia del Idioma Español General history of Spanish, with links to several articles on the origin, evolution, and current use of the language. In Spanish.
Historia de la Península Ibérica Information and maps on the history of the peninsula and its languages. Includes a link to the Dialectología Española page. In Spanish.
Languages in Spain Information on five languages spoken in Spain. In Catalonian.
Languages of Spain Descriptions and histories of the languages spoken in Spain.
La Lengua de Castilla A history of the language, with emphasis on the viewpoint that Castillian should not be called "Spanish." In Spanish.
La Página del Idioma Español Home pages from which links can be found for various topics, such as congresses of the language, Spanglish, and debates over orthography, corruption of the language, sexism in the language, etc. Also has a link to the Historia del Idioma Español page. In Spanish.
Pater Noster Text of the Latin prayer translated into 16 different Ibero-Romance languages/dialects.
La Brújula Hispánica Links to four articles about the value of Spanglish.United States:Spanglish Brief (critical) commentary on the use of Spanglish in informatics, with links to other sites about Spanglish, including discussion groups and dictionaries. In Spanish.
Spanglish Palabras A list of Spanglish words and their Spanish meanings. Also gives the English origin of the Spanglish expressions.
Chicano Follow the last link to view a PowerPoint presentation comparing Mexican Spanish and Chicano. In Spanish.Valencian: (updated 11/6/1)El Español del Sudoeste Information on Spanish in the southwetern US. In Spanish.
Gang Study Abstract for an analysis of the linguistic effects of gang affiliation among Latina girls in California.
Hispanic Population Map of the distribution of Hispanics in the US.
Spanish: A Living Language Information on the history of Spanish in New Mexico.
Spanish in the US Information on the number and origin of Spanish speakers in the US, as well as how Spanish and English have influenced each other.
Cultura Valenciana Information about Valencian literature. Several texts translated into Valencian. In Spanish.Prepared mainly by Sean Barnette for D. Eric Holt, Fall 2000.Report about the Valencian language. By Professor Antoni Fontelles. Linguistic, sociolinguistic, juridical, political, literary and bibliographic dimensions of Valencian are available in this report.
PNP, Plataforma Normes d' el Puig. Site of PNP, a Plataform constituted by more than 60 associations of all the Valencian territory to protect the Valencian language. This site includes a large report about the current situation of Valencian. Also includes the full text of the "Manifest to the Valencian identity and Valencian language". Full English, French, Spanish and Valencian versions.
Valencian. Basic information about the legal status of the Valencian language.
Accio Bibliografica Valenciana. Web site of one of the principal publishing houses in the Valencian language. Collections of classic and modern titles. Book purchase on-line is available. Also publish annualy the Magazine of Valencian Philology (ISSN-1135-1896). Site in Spanish and Valencian.
Valencia to World. Information about the Valencian language, linguistics, grammatical and phonetic questions.
El Reino de Valencia. Includes a selection of articles, historical appointments, testimonies, interviews with Valencian linguists, books and links. In Spanish.
RACV, Royal Academy of Valencian Culture. Official web site of the Real Academia de Cultura Valenciana (RACV) founded by the Valencian provincial Government in 1915.
Lo Rat Penat. Institution founded in 1878 in Valencia city to promote Valencian language and culture.
L' Oronella. Main publishing house in Valencian. Published in 1998 the book with full text in English, French, Valencian and Spanish "Valencian, a language for the XXIst century".
CJAV. CJAV is a group who contains 32 youth associations along the Valencian land dedicated to preserve and promote Valencian language and culture. Includes an extensive relation of linguistic and historic questions/articles related to Valencian. Also includes an e-book about Valencian.
Valencianet. Web site of a teacher of Valencian language. This site includes information on Valencian linguistics, history of the language, literature, books and articles about Valencian.
Quepas. Information and articles about Valencian. Includes grammatical and phonetic questions.
Cultura Valenciana: El Valencià. Report prepared by Mn. Josep Mª Guinot Galan, in Valencia, on January 11, 1983.