Oct. 31—Those who speak it know: New Mexican Spanish is as distinctive as the flavor of Hatch chiles, as the color of the state's sunsets. But when English came to dominate the public-school system in ...

Mexican. The good name has been vilified for so long that even in the Southwest, where Mexicans are as plentiful as Yankees in New England, the word is used cautiously. Most Mexican-Americans have ...

I’ve long considered the variant of the Spanish language spoken in New Mexico to be one of our country’s great cultural treasures. The local speech is rich in pronunciations and vocabulary that are ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HOLMAN, N.M. (AP) — On a spring Saturday ...

Nahuatl, the language of the ancient Aztec civilization spoken today by the Nahua people in southern Mexico, has made a surprisingly profound impact on several languages, including English and Spanish ...

HOLMAN, N.M. (AP) — The historic, endangered dialect is as central to these communities as their iconic adobe churches. HOLMAN, N.M. (AP) — On a spring Saturday afternoon, two “hermanos” knelt to pray ...