Spanglish
Sign in to saveSpanglish (a blend of the words "Spanish" and "English") is any language variety (such as a contact dialect, hybrid language, pidgin, or creole language) that results from conversationally combining Spanish and English. The term is mostly used in the United States and in Puerto Rico. It refers to a blend of the words and grammar of Spanish and English. More narrowly, Spanglish can specifically mean a variety of Spanish with heavy use of English loanwords.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Spanglish
- Language.familycolor
- Mixed
- Language.family
- Mixed Spanish–English (Indo-European)
- Language.script
- Latin
- Language.altname
- Espanglish, Ingléspañol, Inglañol, Espanglés
- Language.image
- Spanglish sign for mecanic.jpg
- Language.imagecaption
- A sign offering free consultation from a mechanic, taken in Miami, Florida.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mixed language
- Subclass of
- English-based creole languages
- Country
- Belize
- Based on
- Spanish
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- writing system
- Latin script
- topic's main category
- Category:Spanglish songs
- different from
- Spanglish
- Commons category
- Spanglish
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Definitions
- History and distribution
- Usage
- Spanglish patterns
- Calques
- {{lang|es-spanglis|pa'trás}}
- Semantic extensions
- Loanwords
- Examples
- ''So''-insertion
- Fromlostiano
- Identity
- Intergenerational Spanglish
- Arts and culture
- Literature
- Music
- Overview
- History
- Commercialization
- Present-day
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Spanglish (a blend of the words "Spanish" and "English") is any language variety (such as a contact dialect, hybrid language, pidgin, or creole language) that results from conversationally combining Spanish and English. The term is mostly used in the United States and in Puerto Rico. It refers to a blend of the words and grammar of Spanish and English. More narrowly, Spanglish can specifically mean a variety of Spanish with heavy use of English loanwords.
Since Spanglish may arise independently in different regions with varying degrees of bilingualism, it reflects the locally spoken varieties of English and Spanish. Different forms of Spanglish are not necessarily mutually intelligible.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spanglish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.