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The LeewardCaribbeanCreoleEnglishLanguage is a SouthEasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage of AntiguaAndBarbuda. SIL code: AIG. ISO 639-2: cpe. Population: 65,100, including 64,000 in Antigua, 1,100 in Barbuda (1990). Population total all countries: 120,370. Region: Antigua and Barbuda. Also spoken in Anguilla, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, United Kingdom. Dialects: ANTIGUAN CREOLE ENGLISH, BARBUDA CREOLE ENGLISH. Comments: Closest to Barbuda, St. Kitts, Montserrat, Nevis. Most villagers deny the existence of a creole, although they speak it. There is a creole continuum with Standard English. Agriculturalists: sugarcane. Also spoken in: Anguilla. (Language name: LEEWARD CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH.) Population: 7,000 in Anguilla (1998). Dialects: ANGUILLAN CREOLE ENGLISH. Comments: Reported to be close to the creoles of Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and Barbuda (Holm 1989:450-1). Slightly intelligible with Jamaican and perhaps Bahamas creoles. Agriculturalists, fishermen. Christian. Also spoken in: Dominica. (Language name: LEEWARD CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH.) Dialects: KOKOY. Comments: Grammar closest to basilectal Antiguan or Jamaican (Pauline Christie 1998). People use it with Jamaicans and some others Caribbean people, but not with non-Caribbean people. Also spoken in: Montserrat. (Language name: LEEWARD CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH.) Population: 10,000. Dialects: MONTSERRAT CREOLE ENGLISH. Comments: Montserrat variety is closest to St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua (Ian Hancock). Montserrat has a creole continuum with Standard English. Agriculturalists: cotton. Also spoken in: St. Kitts-Nevis. (Language name: LEEWARD CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH.) Population: 39,000 in St. Kitts. Dialects: ST. KITTS CREOLE ENGLISH (KITTITIAN CREOLE ENGLISH). Comments: Closest to Montserrat, Antigua, Barbuda. There is a creole continuum with Standard English. Investigation needed: intelligibility with St. Kitts and Nevis. Agriculturalists: sugarcane.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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