| (documentation AfroSeminoleCreoleLanguage EnglishLanguage "The AfroSeminoleCreoleLanguage is a NorthEasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage of the UnitedStates. SIL code: AFS. ISO 639-2: cpe. Population: No estimate available. Region: Bracketville, Texas and El Nacimiento, Coahuila, Mexico. Alternate names: AFRO-SEMINOLE, SEMINOLE, BLACK SEMINOLE. Dialects: TEXAS, MEXICO. Comments: Separated from coastal Sea Islands Creole between 1690 and 1760. Similar to Sea Islands Creole of USA and Bahamas Creole. 90% lexical similarity with Sea Islands Creole. Speakers use English or Spanish as second language. No speakers left in Oklahoma. 'Probably absorbed by Bahamian on Andros Island, and by Spanish in Cuba.' Also spoken in: Mexico. (Language name: AFRO-SEMINOLE CREOLE). Population: Several hundred (1990). Alternate names: AFRO-SEMINOLE, AFRO-SEMINOL CRIOLLO. Dialects: MEXICO AFRO-SEMINOLE. Comments: Separated from coastal Sea Islands Creole between 1690 and 1760. 'The variety in Mexico has not been described' (J. Holm 1989:496). Similar to Bahamas Creole. 90% lexical similarity with Sea Islands Creole. Bilingualism in Spanish. Only spoken by older people in Nacimiento.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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