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Navarrese is an Ibero-Romance dialect which is spoken in a transitional area between Castilian and Aragonese. Navarrese was originally referred as its own language, however, the obscure dialect was merged into Castilian at the beginning of the 16th century.

Characteristics

Navarrese is known to retain traits from Navarro-Aragonese.

• Unlike Aragonese and Castilian, Navarrese perserves -mb-, such as in lamber, lombo, and palomba.

Vocabulary

Several loanwords from Basque appear in Navarrese. These include:

References

1. Oliver, Tomás Buesa; Utrilla, José María Enguita; Egido, Aurora (1991). I Curso sobre lengua y literatura en Aragón: (Edad Media) (in Spanish). Institución Fernando el Católico. p. 72. ISBN 978-84-7820-091-7.
2. Pérez-Salazar, Carmela (1995). El romance navarro en documentos reales del siglo XIV (1322-1349) (in Spanish). Gobierno de Navarra, Departamento de Educación, Cultura, Deporte y Juventud. p. 284. ISBN 978-84-235-1447-2.
3. ^ Lister, Sophie; Lavender, Vicky (2000-02-01). "The Navarrese Dialect". University of Birmingham.

External links

• Vocabulario Navarro de Victor Manuel Sarobe: Alimentación y Gastronomía

• Languages of Spain
• Culture of Navarre
• Pyrenean-Mozarabic languages