Mexican Spanish
Spanish is the most spoken language in Mexico: 97% of people use it either as their mother tongue or a second language. However, there are 67 indigenous languages in use
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May 6, 2011
Salvadoran Spanish
El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America and, like the vast majority of countries in the Americas, has Spanish as its official language. However, Salvadoran Spanish as we
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May 4, 2011
Social Media Revolution
As a fellow proponent of Social Media, I would like to share with you this interesting video on the Revolution of Social Media. I hope you enjoy it. Feel free
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April 30, 2011
Nicaraguan Spanish
Nicaragua is a Central American country with a multi-ethnic nature, due to the legacies of various cultures including the Toltec, Maya and Aztec. The official language is Spanish, although given
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April 29, 2011
Puerto Rican Spanish
The Spanish spoken in Puerto Rico shares linguistic features with other West Indian islands and the continental Caribbean, but it has its own characteristics. Undoubtedly, Puerto Rico’s history is a
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April 28, 2011
The Spirit behind the MultilingualWeb Pisa Event
In a previous post, I commented on the outstanding choice of Pisa, Italy as the setting for the most recent MultilingualWeb Workshop: MultilingualWeb and the City of Pisa One of
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April 26, 2011
Guatemalan Spanish
The Republic of Guatemala is a Central American country that was the cradle of the Mayan civilization, which gives it immense cultural heritage as well as the great Spanish influence
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April 26, 2011
Panamanian Spanish
Due to Panama’s geographic position, many diverse linguistic influences have to varying degrees combined to for what is now known as “Panamanian Spanish”. Although the official and most used language
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April 21, 2011
Honduran Spanish
Honduras has a history heavily influenced by the Mayan and Aztec cultures, as these were the people pueblos who lived there before the Spanish conquest. As in other Central American
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April 20, 2011
Costa Rican Spanish
As we have been showing in the various articles about each of the Spanish-speaking countries in America, and Central America is also proud of its diverse Spanish. We insist that
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April 18, 2011
MultilingualWeb and the City of Pisa
MultilingualWeb is a distinct conference that sets itself apart, in the same way that Pisa is a distinct city that sets itself apart. Indeed “Content on the Multilingual Web” was
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April 15, 2011
Venezuelan Spanish
This variety of Caribbean Spanish, with numerous similarities to the Spanish of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, came to the land of the hallaca (or “hayaca”, which is
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April 15, 2011