Llanito
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Llanito is a unique vernacular spoken in Gibraltar that blends Andalusian Spanish, British English, and elements from other Mediterranean languages.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contact language
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mixed language → vernacular language → |
| associatedWith |
British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar
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| closelyRelatedTo |
Andalusian Spanish dialects
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| coexistsWith |
English
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Spanish → |
| culturalSignificance |
marker of Gibraltarian identity
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| developedFrom |
contact between English speakers and Spanish speakers in Gibraltar
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| geographicOrigin |
Gibraltar
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| hasAlternativeName |
Yanito
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| hasExampleLanguagePair |
Spanish-English code-switching
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| hasLanguageFamilyComponent |
Andalusian Spanish
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British English → |
| hasLanguageInfluence |
Genoese Italian
→
Haketia → Hebrew → Maltese → Moroccan Arabic → Portuguese → other Mediterranean languages → |
| hasLinguisticPhenomenon |
borrowing
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calquing from English into Spanish → code-mixing → |
| hasRegister |
colloquial
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informal → |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
primarily spoken, rarely standardized in writing
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| hasStatus |
non-official language in Gibraltar
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| ISO639Status |
no individual ISO 639-3 code
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| languagePolicyContext |
English is official language of Gibraltar
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Spanish widely used in Gibraltar → |
| primaryLexifier |
Andalusian Spanish
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| region |
Iberian Peninsula
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| secondaryLexifier |
British English
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| spokenByGeneration |
middle-aged Gibraltarian generations
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older Gibraltarian generations → |
| spokenIn |
Gibraltar
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| timePeriodOfFormation |
18th to 20th centuries
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| typicalFeature |
Andalusian Spanish phonology
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borrowings from multiple Mediterranean languages → frequent code-switching between Spanish and English → use of English nouns with Spanish morphology → |
| usedBy |
Gibraltarians
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| usedInDomain |
informal conversation
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local media → popular culture in Gibraltar → |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Gibraltar
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commonLanguage |