Caribbean English Creole

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language_family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Caribbean_Creole_English
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Standard_English
gptkbp:example gptkb:Jamaican_Patois
gptkb:Bajan_Creole
gptkb:Guyanese_Creole
gptkb:Trinidadian_Creole
gptkb:Belizean_Kriol
gptkbp:firstAttested 17th century
gptkbp:hasVocabulary gptkb:Indigenous_Caribbean_languages
English
European languages
African languages
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:French
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Cariban_languages
gptkb:Arawakan_languages
gptkb:West_African_languages
Dutch
Portuguese
gptkbp:ISO639-3 various (no single code)
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:English_Creole
gptkbp:linguisticFeature use of reduplication
serial verb constructions
simplified verb conjugation
absence of copula
variable pronunciation
gptkbp:linguisticTypology gptkb:creole_language
gptkbp:origin gptkb:English_language
gptkbp:region gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Antigua_and_Barbuda
gptkb:Bahamas
gptkb:Barbados
gptkb:Belize
gptkb:Grenada
gptkb:Guyana
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis
gptkb:Saint_Lucia
gptkb:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago
gptkbp:status not official language
widely spoken
gptkbp:usedBy descendants of enslaved Africans
local Caribbean populations
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:oral_tradition
informal communication
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Creolese
gptkb:Trinidadian_Hindustani
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Caribbean English Creole