Languages of British Virgin Islands
See language map.[See also SIL publications on the languages of British Virgin Islands.]
British Virgin Islands. 22,187. National or official language: English. 60 islands, 15 inhabited. Main islands: Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke. Literacy rate: 98%. The number of individual languages listed for British Virgin Islands is 2. Of those, both are living languages.
| English | [eng]
2,000 in British Virgin Islands (1998).
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
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| Virgin Islands Creole English | [vic]
19,700 in British Virgin Islands (2003).
Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern
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