Ethnologue 14 report for language code:AIG

LEEWARD CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH: a language of Antigua and Barbuda

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: AIG

ISO 639-2: cpe

Population

65,100, including 64,000 in Antigua, 1,100 in Barbuda (1990). Population total all countries 120,370.

Region

Antigua and Barbuda. Also spoken in Anguilla, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, United Kingdom.

Dialects

ANTIGUAN CREOLE ENGLISH, BARBUDA CREOLE ENGLISH.

Classification

Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern.

Comments

Closest to Barbuda, St. Kitts, Montserrat, Nevis. Most villagers deny the existence of a creole, although they speak it. There is a creole continuum with Standard English. Agriculturalists: sugarcane.

Also spoken in:

Anguilla

Language name	LEEWARD CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH
Population	7,000 in Anguilla (1998).
Dialects	ANGUILLAN CREOLE ENGLISH.
Comments	Reported to be close to the creoles of Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and Barbuda (Holm 1989:450-1). Slightly intelligible with Jamaican and perhaps Bahamas creoles. Agriculturalists, fishermen. Christian. See main entry under Antigua and Barbuda.

Dominica

Language name	LEEWARD CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH
Dialects	KOKOY.
Comments	Grammar closest to basilectal Antiguan or Jamaican (Pauline Christie 1998). People use it with Jamaicans and some others Caribbean people, but not with non-Caribbean people. See main entry under Antigua and Barbuda.

Montserrat

Language name	LEEWARD CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH
Population	10,000.
Dialects	MONTSERRAT CREOLE ENGLISH.
Comments	Montserrat variety is closest to St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua (Ian Hancock). Montserrat has a creole continuum with Standard English. Agriculturalists: cotton. See main entry under Antigua and Barbuda.

St. Kitts-Nevis

Language name	LEEWARD CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH
Population	39,000 in St. Kitts.
Dialects	ST. KITTS CREOLE ENGLISH (KITTITIAN CREOLE ENGLISH).
Comments	Closest to Montserrat, Antigua, Barbuda. There is a creole continuum with Standard English. Investigation needed: intelligibility with St. Kitts and Nevis. Agriculturalists: sugarcane. See main entry under Antigua and Barbuda.