Palra d'El Rebollal

Updated on Dec 28, 2023

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Palra d'El Rebollal (Spanish habla del Rebollar) is a dialect of Leonese or Extremaduran spoken in the share of El Rebollal, in Salamanca (Spain): Navasfrías (Navafrías), El Payo (Payu), Peñaparda (Peñaparda), Villasrubias (Villarrubias) and Robleda (Robrea).

Characteristics

Final vocals are closed in "-I" and "-U" (in Spanish the same final vocals are in "-E" and "-O"): "perru" (Spanishperro, English dog), "ríu" (Spanishrío, English river), "verdi" (Spanish verde, English green),...

Article is used with the possesive adjetive. "La mi cassa" (Spanish Mi casa, English my house), "el mi dagal" (Spanish mi niño, English my child, my son),...

Although most words exhibiting it are no longer used, a common plural ending was -is. Examples: las cucharis, las vaquis.

References

Palra d'El Rebollal Wikipedia

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