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Junyent, Andrea; Fernández-Flecha, María – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2022
This research analyzes data collected by the Young Lives project on childhood poverty. It addresses the effect of socio-demographic, individual, and linguistic variables -- focusing on the latter -- on reading comprehension in Spanish by 502 Peruvian Quechua-Spanish bilingual children aged 8 years. The regression model tested explained 46% of the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Spanish, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Students
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Horton, James F. – Hispania, 1977
The origin, etymology and phonology of two words of Chinese origin found in Peruvian Spanish are outlined. The words, "chifa" and "chaufa," derive from Cantonese words for "rice" and have been adapted into Spanish. (CHK)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics