Gibraltarian English

{{Short description|Denotes the accent of English spoken in Gibraltar}}

{{distinguish|text=the Llanito vernacular}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox Language

| name = Gibraltarian English

| states = United Kingdom

| region = Gibraltar

| ethnicity = Gibraltarians

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Germanic

| fam3 = West Germanic

| fam4 = Ingvaeonic

| fam5 = Anglo-Frisian

| fam6 = Anglic

| fam7 = English

| fam8 = International English

| fam9 = European English

| fam10 = Euro English

| fam11 = British English

| ancestor = Proto-Indo-European

| ancestor2 = Proto-Germanic

| ancestor3 = Proto-West Germanic

| ancestor4 = Proto-English

| ancestor5 = Old English

| ancestor6 = Middle English

| ancestor7 = Early Modern English

| ancestor8 = Modern English

| stand1 =

| script = English alphabet

| nation =

| isoexception = dialect

| ietf = en-GI

| map = File:Gibraltar map-en-edit2.svg

| mapcaption = English is the official language of Gibraltar.

| image = Sign in Gibraltar Buggy.jpg

| imagecaption = A sign in Gibraltar

| imagealt = "DO NOT OBSTRUCT ENTRANCE. DOUBLE BUGGY ACCESS."

}}

Gibraltarian English (abbreviated GibE) denotes the accent of English spoken in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.{{cite book|last1=Levey|first1=David|title=Language Change and Variation in Gibraltar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKW6uqxsj4YC&pg=PA151|access-date=2009-06-12|year=2008|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company|isbn=978-90-272-1862-9}}Language Change and Variation in Gibraltar, David Levey, John Benjamins Publishing, 2008, page 99+, [https://books.google.com/books?id=VKW6uqxsj4YC&q=%22Gibraltarian+English%22&pg=PA99 Gibraltarian English: Vowels and Diphthongs (chapter 5)], Retrieved Aug. 28, 2014, (Gibraltarian English studied by linguists)A New New English: Language, Politics, and Identity in Gibraltar, Anja Kellermann, BoD – Books on Demand, 2001, [https://books.google.com/books?id=fEiX-YLT3j8C&q=%22Gibraltarian+English%22&pg=PA283 Some Axioms of the Analysis of 'Gibraltarian English'], Retrieved Aug. 28, 2014{{cite journal |doi=10.1075/eww.32.3.04wes|title=Gibraltar's position in the Dynamic Model of Postcolonial English |year=2011 |last1=Weston |first1=Daniel |journal=English World-Wide |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=338–367 }} The English language has been present at Gibraltar for approximately 300 years, and during these centuries English has mixed with diverse languages, particularly Andalusian Spanish.Gibraltar, Identity and Empire, E.G. Archer, Routledge, Jan 11, 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Id8HlV3ad5wC&q=%22Gibraltarian+English%22&pg=PA111 Language and the community], Retrieved Aug. 28, 2014 Gibraltarian English has become a subject of study for linguists interested in how English and other languages mix. While the primary language of Gibraltarians is a variety of Andalusian Spanish called Llanito or Yanito, Gibraltarian English has become more prominent, and there has been a theory proposed that this variety of English is becoming "nativised".Bergs, Alexander; Brinton, Laurel J.: English Historical Linguistics, Volume 2, Alexander Bergs, Laurel J. Brinton, Walter de Gruyter, Oct 1, 2012 [https://books.google.com/books?id=2fqsVdx1hIcC&q=%22Gibraltarian+English%22&pg=PA1748 English in contact with other European languages], Retrieved Aug. 28 2014 Gibraltarian English is similar in many respects to British English, particularly southern varieties.