Alemañol Explained

Alemañol (a portmanteau formed of Spanish words alemán and español) is a mixed language, spoken by Spanish speakers in German regions, which formed with German and Spanish. It appeared in the 1960s and it is used today by Spaniards, South Americans, and other Latin Americans in German regions. In the same way, it is also spoken by descendants of German settlers in South America, mostly Southern Cone. Alemañol is also spoken by South American residents of German descent in native German-speaking countries. Alemañol is considered a hybrid language by linguists—many actually refer to Alemañol as "Spanish-German code-switching", though there is some influence of borrowing, and lexical and grammatical shifts as well.

Examples

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Verbs

Person
NumberAlemañolGermanEnglish
First personsingularYo me anmeldeoIch melde mich anI register
Second personsingularTú te anmeldeasDu meldest dich anYou register
Third personsingularÉl se anmeldeaEr meldet sich anHe registers
Third personsingularElla se anmeldeaSie meldet sich anShe registers
First personpluralNosotros nos anmeldeamosWir melden uns anWe register
Second personpluralVosotros os anmeldeaisIhr meldet euch anYou register
Third personpluralEllos se anmeldeanSie melden sich anThey register

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