Montserrat Creole

Montserrat Creole
Native to	Montserrat
Native speakers	7,600 in Montserrat (2001)^[1] many left after the eruption of Soufriere in 1995
Language family	English Creole Atlantic Eastern Southern Northern Antilles Leeward Caribbean Creole English Montserrat Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

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.

References

↑ Montserrat Creole at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

Caribbean English-based creole languages

Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Cayman Islands Grenada Guyana Jamaica Limón, Costa Rica Mosquito Coast Montserrat Panama Rama Cay Roatán Saint Kitts and Nevis Samaná English Saint Andrew-Providence Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Tobago Trinidad Turks and Caicos Islands Virgin Islands

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Montserrat Creole

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