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Llanito
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Also known as Yanito

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.

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Western
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Iberian
Language.altname
Yanito
Language.name
Llanito
Language.ethnicity
Gibraltarians
Language.states
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 sections
Contents
  • 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 .

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