Chilote is a dialect of Spanish language spoken on the southern Chilean islands of Chiloé Archipelago ( Spanish : Archipiélago de Chiloé or simply, Chiloé ). It has distinct differences from standard Chilean Spanish in accent, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, especially by influences from local dialect of Mapuche language (called huilliche or veliche ) and some conservative traits .
6-533: After the battle of Curalaba (1598) and the Destruction of the Seven Cities Chiloé was further isolated from the rest of Chile and developed a culture with little influence from Spain or mainland Chile. During the 17th and 18th centuries most of the archipelago's population was bilingual and according to John Byron many Spaniards preferred to use Mapudungun because they considered it more beautiful. Around
12-491: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Chile -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Battle of Curalaba The Battle of Curalaba (Spanish: Batalla de Curalaba pronounced [baˈtaʝa ðe kuɾaˈlaβa] ) was a battle and an ambush in 1598 when Mapuche people led by Pelantaru defeated Spanish conquerors led by Martín García Óñez de Loyola at Curalaba, southern Chile . In Chilean historiography , where
18-530: The Spanish to reassess their mode of warfare. On December 21, 1598, Governor Martín García Oñez de Loyola traveled to Purén at the head of 50 soldiers and companions. At the end of the second day, they camped overnight in Curalaba, failing to take protective measures. The Mapuche were aware of their presence and Pelantaru and his lieutenants Anganamón and Guaiquimilla, leading three hundred men on horseback, shadowed
24-569: The event is often called the Disaster of Curalaba (Spanish: Desastre de Curalaba ), the battle marks the end of the conquest ( la conquista ) period in Chile's history, although the fast Spanish expansion in the south had already been halted in the 1550s. The battle led to a general Mapuche uprising that resulted in Destruction of the Seven Cities . This severe crisis reshaped Colonial Chile and forced
30-575: The group's movements and mounted a surprise night raid. Taken by surprise, the governor and almost all of his party were killed. This event was called the Disaster of Curalaba by the Spaniards. It not only involved the death of the Spanish governor, but the news rapidly spread among the Mapuche and triggered a general revolt, long-prepared by the toqui Paillamachu , that destroyed Spanish camps and towns south of
36-630: The same time, Governor Narciso de Santa María complained that Spanish settlers in the islands could not speak Spanish properly, but could speak Veliche, and that this second language was more used. The Spanish of the Chiloé Archipelago shares a number of morphological characteristics with that of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado and with that of rural areas of the Mexican states of Chihuahua , Durango , Sonora , Tlaxcala , Jalisco , and Guanajuato : This Spanish language -related article
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