Llanito: February 2009

Verb í'

This would be the verb 'to go' in Llanito

í'

llo voi
tú vâ
él/ella va
nosotro vamo
ûtede vai
ellô/ellâ van

Verb hasé

This would be the verb 'to do' in Llanito

hasé

llo hago
tú hasê
él/ella hase
nosotro hasemo
ûtede haséi
ellô/ellâ hasen

Verb tené'

This would be the verb 'to have' in Llanito

tené'

llo tengo
tú tienê
él/ella tiene
nosotro tenemo
ûtede tenéi
ellô/ellâ tienen

Vocabulary Part 3

Here is an example of Llanito vocabulary that is of Andalusian origin:

Vulla - Hurry

Vavusha - Slipper

Shavea - A boy

Camolla - Head

En nortau - Crazy

Uânío - Tired, not okay

Axú - Express surprise, irritation etc

Savorío - Someone or something that is not nice

Asituna - Olive

Almóndiga - Meatball

Shapú - Job

Here is an example of Llanito vocabulary that is of English origin:

Rolipó - Lolipop
Liquirvá - Liquorice
Cuécaro - Quaker Oats
Silin - Ceiling
Beibi - Baby
Choc - Chalk
Quequi - Cake
Shuingam - Chewing Gum
Livrería - Library
Tipá - Teapot
Bas - Bus
Plomero - Plumber
Gaite - Kite
Tishe - Teacher
Vatería - Battery
Ntorsha - Torch
Pimpi / Pish - Posh

Vocabulary Part 1

Here is an example of Llanito vocabulary that is of Genoese origin:

Pompa - Pump
Pavana - Seagull
Dulse - a Cake
Arsenal - Dockyard
Marshapié - Pavement
Pâtiso - Mess
Pálpit - Premonition

There are many more words that I will post in future posts.

Verb Sé'

This would be the verb 'to be' in Llanito

Sé'

llo soi
tú erê
él/ella ê
nosotro semo
ûtede sei
ellô/ellâ son

The 'semo' and 'sei' come from Genoese.

In the following posts I will post some Llanito words.

Diphthongs

English Origin
aa [ɑː] [a:] or [ä] father
uu [uː] food

ii [iː] feet

aï [aɪ] eye

eï [eɪ] late

oï [ɔɪ] boy
iä [ɪə] here
uä [ʊə] sure
ou [oʊ] go
au [aʊ] now
eä [ɛə] bear

oo[ɔː] bought

ä [ə] can also be pronounced as an a [a]

Other

ai [ai] hay

au [au] pausa

ei [ei] rey

eu [eu] pseudo

oi [oi] hoy

ou [ou] bou

ua [wa] guardar

ue [we] [ue] suegro
ui [wi] fuimos

uo [wo] cuota

ia [ja] fiarse
ie [je] fiera

io [jo] yo

iu [ju] ciudad

Vowels

a[a] (Spanish) madre [æ] act

â aspirated 'a' : [aʰ]

ä [ə] about [a] madre

e [e] (Spanish) reto [ɛ] bet

ê aspirated 'e' : [eʰ]

ë [ɜ] or [ɛː] bird, only appears in words of English origin.

i [i] (Spanish) ir [j] yes

î aspirated 'i' : [iʰ]

ï hit [ɪ], only appears in words of English origin.

o [o] (Spanish) hola [ɔ] boy

ô aspirated 'o' : [oʰ]

u [u] (Spanish) un [w] wait

û aspirated 'u' : [uʰ]

ü [ʌ] or [ä] but, only appears in words of English origin.

uhu [w'w]

Irregular stress is indicated the following way:

á é í ó ú

If a letter has a diacritic, stress is indicated by adding a 'h'
äh ëh ïh üh
âh êh îh ôh ûh

Sometimes at the end of infinitive verbs and nouns there is an apostrophe ' to show that there is a slight 'r' sound at the end, but it does not have to be pronounced, it is optional.

Next, I will post the vowel dipthongs.

Consonants

First of all I will introduce the writing system I have designed for Llanito.
First the consonants

b
[b] back

c
[k] (Spanish) cosa [kʰ] cat. After aspirated a,e,i,o,u is pronounced double k or k-kʰ (only used with a, u, o)

ch
[tʃ] chop or
[ʃ] shop

d
[d] dog

[ð] the

f
[f] fat

g
[g] go
[ɣ] sound of the Greek letter gamma

h
no sound, it is joined to other letters to make another sound. The h can appear in a word to differentiate it from another word and in occasions the 'h' indicates stress (e.g ha & a, hesho & esho)

j
[d͡ʒ] jog

l
[l] love
[lʰ]
[l-l]. After aspirated a,e,i,o,u is pronounced double l or l-lʰ

ll
[ʒ] pleasure

m
[m] mat

n
[n] no
[nʰ]. After aspirated a,e,i,o,u is pronounced double n or n-nʰ
[ŋ] think (before c, g, qu)

ng
[ŋ] sing

ñ
[ɲ] (Spanish) niño

p
[p] (Spanish) palo
[pʰ] put. After aspirated a,e,i,o,u is pronounced double p or p-pʰ

qu
[k] (Spanish) cosa
[kʰ] cat. After aspirated a,e,i,o,u is pronounced double k or k-kʰ (only used with e, i)

r
[ɾ] (Spanish) pero
[r] (Spanish) rato (only at the beginning of words or after a 'n')
[ɹ] rat.

rr
[r] (Spanish) perro

s
[s] sit

sh
[ʃ] should

t

[t] tan
[tʰ] talk. After aspirated a,e,i,o,u is pronounced double t or t-tʰ

v
[v] or
[β̞] very

x
[h] house

z
[z] breeze

In following posts I will post the vowels

Influences

Llanito has been influenced by many languages during its history. Llanito is mix of Andalusian Spanish, British English, Genoese, Haketia-Ladino and minor influences from Maltese, Portuguese and Arabic.