Languages of Grenada
See language map.[See also SIL publications on the languages of Grenada.]
Grenada. 105,000. National or official language: English. Grenada, Carriacou, and Petit Martinique Islands. Literacy rate: 95% (Hoffman 1991). Also includes languages of East India (3,300). Deaf population: 5,699. Deaf institutions: 1. The number of individual languages listed for Grenada is 3. Of those, all are living languages.
| English | [eng]
750 in Grenada (2004).
Dialects: Grenadian English.
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
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| Grenadian Creole English | [gcl]
89,200 (2001).
Dialects: Carriacou Creole English. Most similar to Trinidad [trf], Barbados [bjs].
Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern
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| Grenadian Creole French | [acf]
2,300 in Grenada (2004), decreasing. Carriacou Island. On northern Grenada Island it is in scattered pockets, mainly in rural areas.
Alternate names: Lesser Antillean Creole French.
Dialects: Patwa, Patois.
Classification: Creole, French based
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