Montserrat Creole
Creole spoken in Montserrat
Montserrat Creole | |
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Native to | Montserrat |
Native speakers | 7,600 in Montserrat (2001)[1] many left after the eruption of Soufriere in 1995 |
Language family | English Creole
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
IETF | aig-MS |
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Montserrat Creole is a dialect of Leeward Caribbean Creole English spoken in Montserrat. The number of speakers of Montserrat Creole is below 10,000. Montserrat Creole does not have the status of an official language.
A lot of similarities can be found with Jamaican Creole.[2][3]
See also
- Bajan Creole
- Bermudian English
- Jamaican English
- Saint Kitts Creole
References
- ^ Montserrat Creole at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ "Montserrat Creole - an Irish brogue?". www.phon.ucl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "Montserrat | Facts, Map, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
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