Tobagonian Creole
| Tobagonian Creole | |
|---|---|
| Tobagonian dialect | |
| Native to | Tobago |
Native speakers | 300,000 (2011)[1] |
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English Creole
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
tgh |
| Glottolog |
toba1282[2] |
| Linguasphere |
52-ABB-at |
Tobagonian is an English-based creole language and the generally spoken language in Tobago. It is distinct from Trinidadian Creole and closer to other Lesser Antillean creoles.
See also
References
- ↑ Tobagonian Creole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tobagonian Creole English". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- James, Winford, 2001 Di NAR Nuh Deh-een.
- James, Winford 2001, A Signature of Tobagonian Speech.
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