Download or read book Panamenian Slang - Jerga Panamena written by Timothy P Banse and published by Middle Coast Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Panamanian-Spanish words and phrases. Panamanians will be the first to proclaim the fact that they speak Castellano (Castilian), the purest form of the Spanish language. That said, over the past 500-odd years the Panamanian dialect has absorbed a significant part of its vocabulary from other languages. For example, American English from the Panama Canal Zone. And in addition to English, Panamanian Spanish has also borrowed words from the languages of its many immigrants to the Isthmus, most notably: Africans, French, Italians, Greeks, Chinese (Hakka and Cantonese) and both Hindi and Gujarati East Indians. Also important to note: Contemporary Panamanian Spanish coexists with 19 other languages including indigenous Bugle, Ngabere, Embera, Wounaan, Kuna, Naso Tjerdi, Bribri and English Creole. Learn how to speak like a local."