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Palenquero - Intro
The language has been spoken for approximately three to four centuries.

Palenquero - History
Spanish speakers are usually unable to understand Palenquero, even though Palenquero borrows many lexical structures from the Spanish language.

The people of Palenque tend to speak Spanish to outsiders and Palenquero to specific individuals. The speakers kept this language secret from outsiders on purpose. This language is a powerful identity marker for the speakers. It is a way for the people to differentiate themselves from non-speakers.

These slaves ran from Cartagena, building their own communities to the south.

Those who speak both languages can switch from Palenquero to Spanish, and vice versa, making them two distinct languages and not simply a dialectical difference.

The speakers are mainly elders with the younger generations using the creole less frequently.

For a long time, individuals who heard this language being spoken thought of it as "broken Spanish".

Palenquero - Grammar
In Palenquero, plenty of words come from African origin, including plant, animal, insect and landscape names.

This language follows a SVO word order.

The younger speakers of Palenquero utilize ma for plurality more so than the speakers that came before them.