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This research aims to investigate how Basque influences the Spanish spoken in bilingual communities in the Basque Autonomous Community.

June 14, 2026LanguagesOpen Access

Contact-Induced Changes Through Linguistic Convergence in Basque-Spanish

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Study explores linguistic convergence effects on Spanish in bilingual Basque speakers, indicating significant language changes.

This research aims to investigate how Basque influences the Spanish spoken in bilingual communities in the Basque Autonomous Community.
Analyzed morphosyntactic features in Basque-Spanish, focusing on object-verb word order, gender agreement, and direct object forms.
Utilized data from previous studies to identify contact-induced changes in the language.
Examined language use among bilingual and monolingual speakers to assess the impact of Spanish-Basque contact.
Observed an increased frequency of object-verb word order in Basque-Spanish, deviating from traditional Spanish norms.
Identified non-standard gender agreement constructions prevalent in the bilingual population, contrasting with non-contact varieties.
Noted that the use of le/s for human female direct objects was significantly more frequent in bilingual contexts than in monolingual Spanish.

Sara Gómez Seibane (2026) studied this question.

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June 14, 2026LanguagesOpen Access

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Study explores linguistic convergence effects on Spanish in bilingual Basque speakers, indicating significant language changes.

This research aims to investigate how Basque influences the Spanish spoken in bilingual communities in the Basque Autonomous Community.
Analyzed morphosyntactic features in Basque-Spanish, focusing on object-verb word order, gender agreement, and direct object forms.
Utilized data from previous studies to identify contact-induced changes in the language.
Examined language use among bilingual and monolingual speakers to assess the impact of Spanish-Basque contact.
Observed an increased frequency of object-verb word order in Basque-Spanish, deviating from traditional Spanish norms.
Identified non-standard gender agreement constructions prevalent in the bilingual population, contrasting with non-contact varieties.
Noted that the use of le/s for human female direct objects was significantly more frequent in bilingual contexts than in monolingual Spanish.

Sara Gómez Seibane (2026) studied this question.

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