Sabine River Spanish

Sabine River Spanish
Adaeseño, Adaesano
Pronunciation[aðaeˈseɲo], [aðaeˈsano]
Native toUnited States
RegionSabine Parish, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Nacogdoches County, Texas
Native speakers
(< 100 cited 1980s)[1]
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologadae1234  Adaeseño Spanish
The Sabine River is marked in lighter blue on the right. The Neches River is marked in darker blue on the left.

Sabine River Spanish is a variety of the Spanish language spoken on both sides of the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana. It has been spoken by a few communities descended from the 18th-century colonists who established Los Adaes and Nacogdoches. Due to its historical origins, it has a mostly conservative phonology with a vocabulary derived from rural Mexican Spanish. It is facing language death as it has not been passed onto children for several generations.

  1. ^ Lipski 2008, p. 215.