Virgin Islands Creole English

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:creole_language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Virgin_Islands_Creole gptkb:V.I._Creole Virgin Islands Dialect
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo	gptkb:Bahamian_Creole gptkb:San_Andrés–Providencia_Creole gptkb:Gullah
gptkbp:distinctFrom	gptkb:Standard_English
gptkbp:hasNoStandardOrthography	true
gptkbp:hasVocabulary	gptkb:French gptkb:Spanish Dutch English African languages
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:French gptkb:Spanish gptkb:West_African_languages Dutch English
gptkbp:ISO639-3	vic
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:creole_language
gptkbp:linguisticFeature	non-rhoticity serial verb constructions reduplication absence of copula tense-aspect markers
gptkbp:mainLanguage	Virgin Islands Creole speakers
gptkbp:notOfficialLanguageOf	gptkb:British_Virgin_Islands gptkb:United_States_Virgin_Islands
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	approximately 100,000
gptkbp:preservedIn	oral transmission
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:British_Virgin_Islands gptkb:United_States_Virgin_Islands
gptkbp:status	not an official language spoken language
gptkbp:subjectOf	gptkb:cultural_studies gptkb:linguistic_theory folklore studies
gptkbp:usedBy	Virgin Islanders
gptkbp:usedFor	informal communication
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:music gptkb:storytelling gptkb:oral_tradition daily conversation
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Virgin_Islands_English_Creole
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Virgin Islands Creole English