Alternate Names: Bahamian Creole English, Bahamian Dialect
Dialects: None known. Good comprehension of and reportedly very similar to Sea Island Creole , and Afro-Seminole , in the United States (Hancock 1980). Major differences with Sea Island are in phonology, a few words, regional expressions, grammatical differences (verbal markers). There is a spectrum of varieties from standard American English usage to creole (Todd and Hancock 1986).
Status Notes: De facto language of national identity.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 225,000 in Bahamas (1987).
Language Development: Dictionary.
Spoken In: Bahamas
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Bahamas
Other Comments: There is a continuum of variation from basilectal Creole to acrolectal English , of the educated. Christian.