Spanglish

"Spanglish" is a hybrid style of speaking that combines grammar and vocabulary from both English and Spanish. Contrary to popular belief, Spanglish doesn't reflect poor knowledge of either language. Instaed, Spanglish speakers generally command both individual languages and an additional set of rules governing how, when, and why to switch between the two. Linguists call this "code-switching." Spanglish reflects the complex mixture of identities that characterize Latino life in America.
Excerpt from the documentary "Spanish Voices"
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ABOUT SPANISH VOICES
The unprecedented growth of the Spanish-speaking populations in the Southeastern US has led to major language issues about the co-existence of English and Spanish. Spanish Voices tells the story of those who have participated in this change- through interviews with recent immigrants, long-term residents, musicians, dancers, language instructors, and students. Their narratives show how their experiences are unique to the Southeast as well as common to language contact situations worldwide.
Film by Danica Cullinan
Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
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[@jnyerere]

I think it's cool that they created a hybrid. That's what language is. Adapting and perfecting communication based on the location in which you live. It's brilliant and fascinating stuff.

[@sitizenkanemusic]

It's so weird to see a latina or latino born in the US that does understand/speak semi-fluent spanish but speak english in a straight Texan accent.

[@pep590]

I agree. Like hearing a black person from England speaking with a British accent.

[@amosamwig8394]

@@pep590 only weird for you americans but common here in europe

[@pep590]

@@amosamwig8394 I can see what you mean. Thanks.

[@amosamwig8394]

@@bull419 great understanding....american momento...

[@st4pl3]

I always tend to write whatever's shorter, so con instead of with and sin instead of without. It annoys my teachers to no end.

[@melvinmorales1452]

A good example of spanglish will be "I was hanging out" Yo estaba hangueando", I was tripping " Yo estaba tripeando" Eso es Spanglish

[@tangent94]

Melvin Morales por que hangueando instead of jangeuando?

[@linlinlixin2637]

I've never heard hangueando, it's always been " estamos kicking it". Y patear has always been kickear.

[@zayNub8846]

thanks!

[@izabelasoroko4511]

I love spanglsh. Tiene las reglas , no es tan simpe, I mean it is, but has some rules de como usar esta manera de hablar. You can find it online , mas videos como se habla, y come se construye el spanglish.

[@CursedKeyblade1]

I speak Eng日本語語 スペイン語はだめですよ。

[@oscarclaudio2848]

No.

[@OscarMendoza-x2c]

Donde ?? Me interesa saber del tema

[@viharsarok]

Before you detest Spanglish and want to keep English "pure" remember that English is in fact Frenglish.

[@the_medicine_peddler8324]

Spanglish is utterly disgusting I like my Spanish as Spanish as it is.

[@pep590]

Don't hear any doing that..Frenglish? Don't know about that French is a Romance language and English is a Germanic one.

[@enzocompanbadillo5365]

@@pep590 He means the normans once conquered the anglosaxons.

[@OscarMendoza-x2c]

El ingles es un idioma hibrido, ahora con el Spanglish lo es mas jaja

[@indenturedLemon]

and then quebecois do the opposite lol

[@armando1611]

I’m kinda like the first guy, if I’m speaking English I’m speaking English and if I’m speaking Spanish I’m speaking Spanish, mixing them just doesn’t come naturally to me and it just sounds awkward to me, however I do use those anglicized Spanish words like “lonchar” “parquear” “troca” but i try not to because they’re really not real words

[@skidelrymar]

some linguists say that spanglish is a transition language. it's inevitable, in some decades it will become a creole language estoy segura

[@BrainyCreativity]

Lonche is from lunch (almuerzo), marqueta is from market (tienda or mercado), laquea is from lock (atranca). Etc.

[@inserter400]

The language of Gibraltar

[@dmitryl-electronicmodules754]

What will the English language be similar in 100 years? One way of predicting the future is to look back at the past. The global role the English language plays today as a lingua franca - used as a signification of communication by speakers of different languages - has parallels in the Latin of pre-modern Europe. Having been propagated by the success of the Roman Empire, Classical Latin was kept alive as a standard scribed medium throughout Europe long after the fall of Rome. But the Vulgar Latin used in propagated continued to change, forming new dialects, which in time gave rise to the modern Romance languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, and Italian. Similar developments may be traced today in the use of the English language around the globe, especially in countries where it functions as a second language. New “interlanguages” are emerging, in which features of the English language are mingled with those of other native tongues and their pronunciations. Despite the Singaporean government’s attempts to promote the use of Standard British English language through the Speak Good English Movement, the mixed language known as “Singlish” remains the variety spoken on the street and in the home.

[@mgevirtz]

Excellent piece. Thank you.

[@tac3016]

Spanglish mutilates both languages. I have to catch myself not to switch between languages. I sense that I can't articulate in that one language, which makes me sound so uneducated. It's best to stick to one language at a time.

[@michellemiyazato7820]

You should really watch this video by Philogynoir: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmiaemeMadCWrbM. You have the right to speak the way you do. It doesn't make you sound uneducated, that's may be what you've been told by others who don't understand what it means to be truly multi-cultural, multi-lingual--diverse period. Or you've been told that by others within your community who don't want you to be looked down on by people outside of it who may not know how to code-switch or understand only half the conversation because they didn't bother to learn a language that a significant portion of the population in their city/state/country uses.

[@Ulriquinho]

As a speaker of six languages and someone who mixes my three native languages (grew up in a tricultural household) of English, French, and Portuguese at home, I can assure you, I am all educated. Have even gone to graduate school. Nah, I will mix my languages all I want, thank you.

[@armando1611]

I feel this way too, if I’m talking to my parents I’m just gonna speak Spanish or if I’m speaking to others I’ll speak English, only time I speak a sort of Spanglish is with my siblings or cousins. There’s people out there that speak broken English and broken Spanish cause all they know is Spanglish, it can really be a bad habit at times.

[@dmitryl-electronicmodules754]

The graceful person always is replying: Gratitude to you for Your attention; Gratitude to you for Your comprehension; Gratitude to you for Your relationship; Gratitude to you for Your responses; Gratitude to you for Your presents; Gratitude to you for Your aid.

[@BlueboyIvyandRubythedogs.]

I speak spanglish from South Texas

[@pedroalmeida5712]

Isn't that what they speak on Gibraltar? Llanito? not spanglish

[@elsecretopez]

iv never met something like that.. i live in israel and rarely or ever have i head hebrew/russian or arabic/hebrew combinations, maybe just a few slang words. are they natives of both languages? cause i mix spanish and romanian but im native of neither so it's different

[@thekingofmoney2000]

It's very common in the USA among Hispanic Americans, they are heritage speakers, not true native speakers. They learned Spanish or Spanglish at home and spoke English at school, and it's common to switch between languages among other bilingual speakers. I speak Spanglish with my parents all the time. It's super common among Hispanics in Texas. It's basically standard Spanish with English words thrown in. It's broken Spanish.

[@michellemiyazato7820]

People who are confused about Spanglish, please watch Philogynoir's "AAVE | Ebonics is Not "Improper" English": kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmiaemeMadCWrbM Or "Spanish Language Variation / La variedad en el español en Carolina del Norte" by the Language & Life Project: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omfHnZuklJKEmLs

[@pelukkismiami]

Como siempre el hispano para evitar consultar el diccionario para ver como se dice algo prefieren decirlo en spanglish. Como siempre aprendemos la lengua materna a medias y tambie aprendemos el ingles a medias lo del ingles lo digo por los hispanos nacidos aqui. Y creemos que nos escuchamos bien solo somos dignos de companion. Aprendamos las lenguas Como son para obtener satisfaccion y para que nos vaya mejor en la vida.

[@Pepesimental]

Does Spanglish count as a creole language?

[@giorgiorogan8662]

PHILLIPPINES IS THE BEST IN CODE SWITCHING.

[@stan-tns]

le cours d'anglais avec M. Sene il est frais😍😘

[@heavytechs3798]

Stan Tanasi j'avoue j'avoue 👌

[@MegaDapin]

Cuado you are aprendiendo Español, pero your Español is not bueno.

[@dmitryl-electronicmodules754]

Immediately, for favor, shall add the words in the English dictionary "amige" singular species, "amiges" plural species!

[@fabiolaRH98]

Translanguaging

[@waltersandoval3054]

Let's go to jugar fútbol

[@luisgomez4647]

Spanglish to me are words that don't exist in the vocabulary of Spanish nor English. For example, "Me frikie" Which is meant to mean "I freaked out" in English and "Me asuste" in Spanish.

[@adelaluz]

That Spanglish is a nightmare

[@iantitterington5520]

Alejandro de la Luz its fun tho especially with other bilinguals and people wont fully understand what u say.

[@a.jtoyreviewnplay6398]

Yes es muy divertido to speak like that.

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

Que viva el Spanglish!

[@the_medicine_peddler8324]

No

[@andinhodias8696]

Que viva el Portuñol!!

[@xxxlifenomorepodcast.8528]

I had to go to speech for it because I spoke both at the sametime. My father is Black my mother is Puerto Rican I was taught Spanish at age 6 went to speech age 8