Languages of U.S. Virgin Islands
See language map.U.S. Virgin Islands. 108,775. National or official language: English. U.S. Territory. 50 small islands plus St. John, St. Croix, St. Thomas. Literacy rate: 90%–95%. Immigrant languages: French (800), Papiamentu (200), Spanish (4,440). Deaf institutions: 2. The number of individual languages listed for U.S. Virgin Islands is 3. Of those, 2 are living languages and 1 has no known speakers.
| English | [eng]
8,410 in U.S. Virgin Islands (1970 census).
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
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| Negerhollands | [dcr]
Extinct. Formerly in Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.
Alternate names: Dutch Creole.
Classification: Creole, Dutch based
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| Virgin Islands Creole English | [vic]
52,300 in U.S. Virgin Islands (1980 WA). Population total all countries: 88,700. Also in British Virgin Islands, Netherlands Antilles.
Dialects: Cruzan. St. Croix, St. Eustatius, St. John, and Saba are most similar. Alleyne says it is post-creole English.
Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern
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