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Examples
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Now more under the influence than before, our third palenquero acquaintance takes me over to his wife for a chat.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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I spot a familiar face, Santos the palenquero, competitor of Hilarino.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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I spot another palenquero I've known for a few years, already mildly inebriated, sitting at a table holding court with his friends.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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I spot a familiar face, Santos the palenquero, competitor of Hilarino.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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Now more under the influence than before, our third palenquero acquaintance takes me over to his wife for a chat.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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I spot another palenquero I've known for a few years, already mildly inebriated, sitting at a table holding court with his friends.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
john commented on the word palenquero
"Palenquero is thought to be the only Spanish-based Creole language in Latin America. But its grammar is so different that Spanish speakers can understand almost nothing of it. Its closest relative may be Papiamento, spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, which draws largely from Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch, linguists say. It is spoken only in this village and a handful of neighborhoods in cities where workers have migrated."
- The New York Times, October 18, 2007
October 18, 2007