Languages of Dominica
See language map.[See also SIL publications on the languages of Dominica.]
Commonwealth of Dominica. 68,000. National or official language: English. Self-governing part of British West Indies. Literacy rate: 80%–94%. Deaf population: 5,335. The number of individual languages listed for Dominica is 3. Of those, all are living languages.
| Dominican Creole French | [acf]
42,600 in Dominica (1998).
Alternate names: Kwèyòl, Lesser Antillean Creole French, Patois, Patwa.
Classification: Creole, French based
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| English | [eng]
10,000 in Dominica (2004).
Dialects: Dominican English.
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
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| Kokoy Creole English | [aig]
200 in Dominica (2004). Marigot and Wesley in northeast Dominica and Clifton and Woodford Hill on the northwest point of the island.
Alternate names: Leeward Caribbean Creole English.
Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern
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