Gambian English

{{Short description|Variety of English spoken in The Gambia}}{{English language}}Gambian English is the variety of English spoken in The Gambia.{{cite book|author1=Hans-Georg Wolf|author2=Lothar Peter|author3=Frank Polzenhagen|title=Focus on English: Linguistic Structure, Language Variation and Discursive Use : Studies in Honour of Peter Lucko|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_AVXJVvSPcC&pg=PA135|year=2008|publisher=Leipziger Universitätsverlag|isbn=978-3-86583-157-6|pages=135–}}{{cite book|author=Godfrey Mwakikagile|title=Ethnic Diversity and Integration in The Gambia: The Land, the People and the Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9InVzlaQzJwC&pg=PA85|year=2010|publisher=Continental Press|isbn=978-9987-9322-2-1|pages=85–}} Gambian English has fewer speakers than any other variety of West African English (WAE), and shares similarities with Sierra Leonean English.{{cite book|author=Andy Kirkpatrick|title=The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJRaBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA206|date=17 June 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-95456-6|pages=206–}} The differences between Gambian English and other dialects of African English are mostly lexical and phonological. Gambian English has been influenced by various indigenous Gambian languages.{{cite book|author1=Kingsley Bolton|author2=Braj B. Kachru|title=World Englishes: Critical Concepts in Linguistics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9yT33ebcOBkC&pg=PA89|year=2006|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-31507-4|pages=89–}}