>>But Spanglish is becoming the object of serious study. One of Solomon's professors at Amherst has published on the subject. I suspect Spanglish will soon be considered a real language like Yiddish.
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>>Tamar
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>As for the Yiddish comparison. I am not so sure that works. Yiddish has literature, poetry, plays and even newspapers written entirely in it. I don't think you can compare it, not even to Ladino.

But Yiddish didn't always have that. My sense from what I've heard is that Spanglish is a developing language along the lines of Yiddish. Here's an interview with the professor that I mentioned: http://www.barcelonareview.com/40/e_is_int.htm. (I haven't read this yet--trying to catch up from the weekend.)

Tamar