Cocoliche
Cocoliche is a largely extinct hybrid form of the Italian and Spanish language , which was spoken by numerous Italian immigrants in Argentina , mainly in Buenos Aires .
Between 1880 and 1900 , many migrants emigrated from Italy to Argentina . The majority belonged to the lower social class and had no knowledge of the Spanish language. Through communication with the local population, the criollos and gauchos , a mixed language called cocoliche was created, consisting of Spanish and Italian words with Italian pronunciation. At one point over 40% of the population of Buenos Aires spoke Cocoliche. The next generation of immigrants learned the Spanish language through contact with local neighbors, at school, at work or during military service. Thus, over time, cocoliche was spoken less and less. In some literary publications, for example by Dario Vittori , in song lyrics of Tango rioplatense and in the vocabulary of the Argentine-Uruguayan colloquial language, i.e. H. in Lunfardo , Cocoliche lives on.
Web links
- Qué es el lunfardo ( Memento of October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
- Etimología de "cocoliche" (Spanish)
- Lunfardo: Slang of Buenos Aires (English)
- Literature in and about Cocoliche in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin