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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.
Montserrat Creole | |
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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]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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.