Grenadian Creole English

GCL

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Dialects: Carriacou Creole English. Reportedly most similar to Trinidad , and Barbados ,.

Status Notes: De facto language of national identity.

Genealogy:

Creole
English based
Atlantic
Eastern
Southern

Demographics: 89,200 (2001).

Language Use: Carriacou is a creole English (1996 R. Kephart). The creole predominates in Grenada (Holm 1989:458). All informal domains. All ages.

Language Development: Grammar.

Spoken In: Grenada

Nation of Origin: Grenada

Other Comments: Creole languages typically exist alongside their lexifier language. In such situations, a continuum forms of variations between the Creole and the acrolect. It is therefore difficult to substantiate the number of Creole speakers and English speakers.