Llanito
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Llanito or Yanito () is a form of Andalusian Spanish heavily laced with words from English and other languages, such as Ligurian; it is spoken in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. It is commonly marked by a great deal of code switching between Andalusian Spanish and British English and by the use of Anglicisms and loanwords from other Mediterranean languages and dialects.
Key facts
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- Western
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- Iberian
- Language.altname
- Yanito
- Language.name
- Llanito
- Language.ethnicity
- Gibraltarians
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- 15px Gibraltar
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- Indo-European
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- Italic
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- Latino-Faliscan
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- Latin
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- Romance
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- Italo-Western
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- West Iberian
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- Castilian
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- Spanish
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- Peninsular Spanish
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- Andalusian Spanish
- Language.ancestor
- Old Latin
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- native label
- Llanito
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 30000
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16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Language
- Core elements of Llanito vocabulary
- Anglicisms
- Calques from English to Spanish
- Calques from Spanish to English
- Local expressions
- Linguistic research
- Broadcasting
- Film
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
- Dictionaries
Llanito or Yanito () is a form of Andalusian Spanish heavily laced with words from English and other languages, such as Ligurian; it is spoken in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. It is commonly marked by a great deal of code switching between Andalusian Spanish and British English and by the use of Anglicisms and loanwords from other Mediterranean languages and dialects.
Llanito has been described as "Gibraltar's dying mother-tongue". The English language is becoming increasingly dominant in Gibraltar, with the younger generation speaking little or no Llanito despite learning Spanish in school. is a Spanish word meaning 'little plain'. Gibraltarians also call themselves .