[Tango-L] Social Tango: A Cultural Perspective

astrid astrid at ruby.plala.or.jp
Thu Jul 13 11:20:16 EDT 2006


Argentine Spanish has evolved
> very independently of Spanish in the rest of South America.  No other
> country
> uses "vos", for example.

>From what I know, "vos" is not really an independent form of Spanish that
evolved in Argentina but rather a leftover of the Castilian language from
another era, that was brought over from Spain.
Maybe like the Germans living in some enclaves in Russia speak a form of
German that was used in Germany a hundred years ago, and evolved
independently from there.

Sergio?






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