| Spanglish | |
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| Espanglish, Ingléspañol, Inglañol | |
 A sign offering free consultation from a mechanic, taken in Miami, Florida. | |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
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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 refers to a blend of the words and grammar of the two languages. More narrowly, Spanglish can specifically mean a variety of Spanish with heavy use of English loanwords.[2]
Since different Spanglish arises independently in different regions of varying degrees of bilingualism, it reflects the locally spoken varieties of English and Spanish. Different forms of Spanglish are not necessarily mutually intelligible.
The term Spanglish was first recorded in 1933.[3] It corresponds to the Spanish terms Espanglish (from Español + English, introduced by the Puerto Rican poet Salvador Tió in the late 1940s), Ingléspañol (from Inglés + Español), and Inglañol (Inglés + Español).[4]
- ^ Everson, Michael. "Registration form for 'spanglis'" (text). IANA. Archived from the original on June 18, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
A judgement call by the tagger is expected to be made concerning the base prefix to be used.
- ^ "Spanglish". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
- ^ Lambert 2017, p. 13.
- ^ "Salvador Tió's 100th Anniversary". November 15, 2011. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2019.