‘Jail’ in Diné bizaad
‘Jail’ in Diné bizaad
Author(s): José Andrés Alonso de la FuenteSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Na-Dene languages; New Spain Spanish; loan phonology; etymology; philology
Summary/Abstract: It is argued that certain words for jail in Diné bizaad (Navajo)„ e.g. ’awáalya and wáalya, come from Spanish. Although it has been long suspected that this word is a loanword, all the suggestions so far presented in the literature remain unconvincing on phonological grounds.
Journal: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
- Issue Year: 141/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 1 - 17
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
