Montserrat Creole
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.
| Montserrat Creole | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Montserrat |
Native speakers | 7,600 in Montserrat (2001)[1] many left after the eruption of Soufriere in 1995 |
English Creole
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| IETF | aig-MS |
A lot of similarities can be found with Jamaican Creole.[2][3]
References
- Montserrat Creole at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- "Montserrat Creole - an Irish brogue?". www.phon.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- "Montserrat | Facts, Map, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
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