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Peer reviewedHill, Jane; Hill, Kenneth – Linguistics, 1977
Enormous numbers of Spanish words are used by speakers of Tlaxcalan Nahuatl, an indigenous language of Mexico. The major function of the language is to support the speakers' self-identification. As speakers feel it more beneficial to improve their Spanish, relexification is contributing to the death of the language. (AMH)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Dialect Studies, Language Variation, Linguistic Borrowing
