Taino and Haitian influence
I read somewhere that chin is a taino word. Some of the many words from them that have survived. Also Mao is a taino word for 4 rivers or something like that. They still influence the DR today even though none exist and their language has disappeared. Of course the unbelievable friendliness is of Taino origin.
The Dominican oh-oh is a Haitian contribution which comes from Africa. It's the agressive responses in Dominicanisms and the usual way in which DR folk usually try to put each other down that also came from the Haitians.
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