Montserrat Creole

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

Montserrat Creole is a variety of Antiguan and Barbudan Creole[2] 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.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Montserrat Creole at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. ^ "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English | Ethnologue". 2016-10-07. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
  3. ^ "Montserrat Creole - an Irish brogue?". www.phon.ucl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  4. ^ "Montserrat | Facts, Map, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2022-10-12.