Gibraltarian English (abbreviated GibE) denotes the accent of

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

spoken in the

British Overseas Territory The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remna ...

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. The English language has been present at

for approximately 300 years, and during these centuries English has mixed with diverse languages, particularly

Andalusian Spanish The Andalusian dialects of Spanish ( es, andaluz, , ) are spoken in Andalusia, Ceuta, Melilla, and Gibraltar. They include perhaps the most distinct of the southern variants of peninsular Spanish, differing in many respects from northern varietie ...

.Gibraltar, Identity and Empire, E.G. Archer, Routledge, Jan 11, 2013
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 ''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 o ...

'' 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
English in contact with other European languages
Retrieved Aug. 28 2014 Gibraltarian English is similar in many respects to

British English British English (BrE, en-GB, or BE) is, according to Lexico, Oxford Dictionaries, "English language, English as used in Great Britain, as distinct from that used elsewhere". More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in ...

, particularly southern varieties.

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Dialects of English Languages of Gibraltar Languages of the United Kingdom {{English-lang-stub

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