The 'manitos had been in New Mexico since Onate's time there, 1598, but it
could be that Cuba and Puerto Rico were settled by the same group of Spaniards
that settled New Mexico in the 16th Century. I agree that some of the
speech is similar between the two groups.
Emilie Garcia
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Subject: Re: [ranchos] Given Names
They sound like Cubanos or Puertoriquenos to me.:) Marge
On
Dec 20, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Emilie Garcia wrote:
These people were
known as "manitos" (the priests had told them they were Hermanitos), and
their nasally speech was unique, an ancient 16th century Spanish, where they
dropped the first and last parts of words as in 'equia for acequia, and
'manito for hermanito, and colorao for colorado, and they had beliefs and
practices unique to them. Due to more mobility nowadays, that is all
gone.
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