Bajan

BJS

vigorous

Alternate Names: Barbadian Creole English

Dialects: None known. Less than 20 lexical items traceable to African origin. Shares lexical features with Caribbean creoles.

Status Notes: De facto language of national identity.

Genealogy:

Creole
English based
Atlantic
Eastern
Southern

Demographics: 256,000 (1999 World Bank).

Spoken In: Barbados

Nation of Origin: Barbados

Other Comments: Christian.