Murcian Spanish


Murcian is a variant of Peninsular Spanish, spoken mainly in the autonomous community of Murcia and the adjacent comarcas of Vega Baja del Segura and Alto Vinalopó in the province of Alicante, the corridor of Almansa in Albacete. In a greater extent, it may also include some areas that were part of the former Kingdom of Murcia, such as southeastern Albacete and parts of Jaén and Almería.
The linguistic varieties of Murcian form a dialect continuum with Eastern Andalusian and Manchego Peninsular Spanish.
Murcian is considered a separate language of Spanish by some of its native speakers, who call it llengua murciana. The term panocho is also used to designate the Murcian language, however it mostly refers to the variety spoken in the comarca of the.

History

Murcian emerged from the mixture of several linguistic varieties that joined in the Kingdom of Murcia after the conquest of the Crown of Aragon and the Crown of Castile between 13th and 14th centuries. The linguistic varieties were mainly Tudmir's Romance, Arabic, Aragonese, Old Castilian and Occitano-Catalan.

Usage

Murcian is considered an endangered language.

Phonetic features of Murcian

The Murcian dialectal features differ among areas, villages, social classes and individuals in accordance with the communicative situation in which they are involved, this is because of the influence of standard rule. This dialect has similarities and differences with Spanish, Aragonese and Catalan languages.

Vowels

As Eastern Andalusian and Southern Manchego Peninsular dialects, Murcian has 5 tense vowels :,,,,, plus 3 lax vowels :,,. Vowels are lowered when in contact with an omitted coda: fricative or liquid ; additionally a vowel harmony process may take place; e.g. la casa vs las casas . Notes about the Murcian vowels:
The consonant system of Murcian is mostly the same as Castilian.
Notable features, several shared with other southern dialects of Spanish:
There are linguistic phenomena that are usual in other linguistic varieties :