Montserrat Creole

Creole spoken in Montserrat
Montserrat Creole
Native toMontserrat
Native speakers
7,600 in Montserrat (2001)[1]
many left after the eruption of Soufriere in 1995
Language family
English Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone
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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

  1. ^ Montserrat Creole at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Montserrat Creole - an Irish brogue?". www.phon.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  3. ^ "Montserrat | Facts, Map, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
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