Nicaragua Creole English

BZK

wider communication

Alternate Names: Mískito Coast Creole English

Dialects: Bluefields Creole English, Rama Cay Creole English.

Genealogy:

Creole
English based
Atlantic
Western

Demographics: 30,000 (2001 SIL). 630 Rama Cay Creole speakers (Holm 1989). L2 users: L1 of Creole people and most Garifuna.

Language Use: Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng], Spanish [spa]. Used as L2 by Garifuna [cab], Mískito [miq], Rama [rma], Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Bible portions: 1999.

Nation of Origin: Nicaragua

Other Comments: There is a continuum of variation from basilectal Creole to acrolectal English of the educated.