Navarrese
Facts
- Language: Navarrese
- Alternate names:
- Language code: dspan
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Italic, Latino-Faliscan, Latinic, Imperial Latin, Romance, Italo-Western Romance, Western Romance, Shifted Western Romance, Southwestern Shifted Romance, West Ibero-Romance, Castilic
- Dialect of: Spanish / Castilian
- Number of speakers:
- Script: Latin script
More information:
Introduction
Navarrese is a dialect of Spanish. It is spoken in Navarre, Spain.
Navarrese should not be mixed with
- Navarro-Aragonese, a medieval language that was spoken in the in the Ebro valley and that is related to today's Aragonese
- High/Upper Navarrese that are dialects of Basque.
The Verb
Navarrese uses conditional whereas Standard Spanish uses the subjunctive imperfect.
In addition the accent of some strong preterites differs between Navarrese and Standard Spanish:
| Verb | Standard Spanish | Navarrese |
| hacer to do | hizo | hizó |
| venir to come | vine | viné |
| estar to be | estuve | estuvé |
| decir to say | dije | dijé |
External Links
References
- García de Diego, Vicente. Dialectología Española. Madrid, 1978.