Languages of the Falkland Islands Languages of the Falkland Islands The only official language of the Falkland Islands is English, and this is spoken by almost everyone on a day-to-day basis. Spanish is spoken by 10% of the population, a significant minority. Most of the Spanish speakers are immigrants, foreign workers, and expats, predominantly from Chile and Argentina. Falkland Islands English is mainly British in character. However, as a result of the isolation of the islands, the small population has developed and retains its own accent/dialect, which persists despite a large number of immigrants from the United Kingdom in recent years. In rural areas (i.e.
Falkland Islands Dependencies British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Falkland Islands Dependencies The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement for administering the vauious British territories in Sub-Antarctica and Antarctica from 1843 until 1985 which were governed from the Falkland Islands and its capital Port Stanley. In the following list was the British territories that made up the Falkland Island Dependencies in the period bewteen 1917 and 1962. In 1962 the British Antarctic Territory was formed and left only South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands as Falkland Islands Dependencies between 1962 and 1985. The arrangements were first