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Sigma KEE - VirginIslandsCreoleEnglishLanguage
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virgin islands creole english language
The VirginIslandsCreoleEnglishLanguage is a SouthEasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage of the UnitedStatesVirginIslands. SIL code: VIB. ISO 639-2: cpe. Population: 52,250 (1980 WA). Population total all countries 64,250. Region: Also spoken in British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Netherlands Antilles. Dialects: CRUZAN. Comments: St. Croix, St. Eustatius, St. John, and Saba are closest. Slightly intelligible with Jamaican and perhaps Bahamas Creole. Alleyne says it is post-creole English. Dictionary. Also spoken in: British Virgin Islands. (Language name: VIRGIN ISLANDS CREOLE ENGLISH.) Population: 12,000 in British Virgin Islands (1987). Comments: Coexists with English in a fairly stable diglossic relationship (Holm 1989:455). Also spoken in: Guadeloupe. (Language name: VIRGIN ISLANDS CREOLE ENGLISH.) Dialects: ST. BARTH CREOLE ENGLISH. Also spoken in: Netherlands Antilles. (Language name: VIRGIN ISLANDS CREOLE ENGLISH.) Population: 12,700 including 10,000 on St. Maarten, 1,100 on Saba, 1,600 on St. Eustatius. Dialects: ST. MAARTEN CREOLE ENGLISH.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancesatlantic english based creole languageAn AtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is an EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage that evolved in areas in and near the AtlanticOcean.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 creole languageA CreoleLanguage is a PidginLanguage that has developed and become the mother tongue for a community of people. This process is called 'creolization' and results in an expanded vocabulary and grammar structure that allow for communication as rich and complex as that of non-creole languages. While pidgins are regarded as reduced languages, creoles are considered expanded languages. That is, while pidgins develop to enable communication in relatively isolated domains, creoles allow for a full range of expressive possibilities on a par with more 'recognized' languages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 eastern atlantic english based creole languageAn EasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is an AtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage that evolved in eastern areas of the AtlanticOcean.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 english based creole languageAn EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the EnglishLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 south eastern atlantic english based creole languageA SouthEasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is an EasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage that evolved in southern areas near the eastern AtlanticOcean.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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