Languages of Martinique
See language map.[See also SIL publications on the languages of Martinique.]
Martinique. 396,000. National or official language: French. French Department in Windward Islands. Literacy rate: 89%–93%. Immigrant languages: Vietnamese (330). Also includes Arabic (500), Chinese (500). The number of individual languages listed for Martinique is 2. Of those, both are living languages.
| French | [fra]
9,000 in Martinique (2004).
Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French
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| Martiniquan Creole French | [gcf]
418,000 in Martinique (2001).
Alternate names: Guadeloupean Creole French, Patois, Patwa.
Classification: Creole, French based
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