(documentation WindwardCaribbeanCreoleEnglishLanguage EnglishLanguage "The WindwardCaribbeanCreoleEnglishLanguage is a SouthEasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage of StVincentAndTheGrenadines. SIL code: SVG. ISO 639-2: cpe. Population: 138,000 (1989 J. Holm). Population total both countries: 251,000. Dialects: VINCENTIAN CREOLE ENGLISH. Comments: Closest to Grenada, Tobago. Slightly intelligible with Jamaican and perhaps Bahamas creoles. May have some French influence, although the former French creole used here is virtually gone. J. Holm says it is the only folk language (1989:457). Also spoken in: Grenada. Language name: WINDWARD CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH. Population: 113,000 (Holm 1989:458). Dialects: GRENADA CREOLE ENGLISH (CARRIACOU CREOLE ENGLISH). Comments: Closest to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tobago. M. Alleyne says it is a post-creole English with French creole influence, no longer a creole. R. Kephart says Carriacou is a creole English. J. Holm says the creole predominates in Grenada (1989:458). Grammar. See main entry under St. Vincent and the Grenadines.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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