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Grenadian Creole English

A language of Grenada

ISO 639-3: gcl

Population	89,200 (2001).
Language map	Creole Languages of the Eastern Caribbean
Dialects	Carriacou Creole English. Most similar to Trinidad [trf], Barbados [bjs].
Classification	Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern
Language use	M. Alleyne says it is a post-creole English with French creole influence, no longer a creole. R. Kephart says Carriacou is a creole English. The creole predominates in Grenada (Holm 1989:458). All domains. All ages.
Language development	Grammar.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HOLBROOK, David J., author. 2005. "Grenada and Carriacou English-lexifier creole(s): one language or two?."

HOLBROOK, David J., author. 2006. The classification of the English-lexifier creole languages spoken in Grenada, Guyana, St. Vincent, and Tobago using a comparison of the markers of some key grammatical features: a tool for determining the potential to share and/or adapt literary development materials.

HOLBROOK, David Joseph, author. 2012. The Classification of the English-Lexifier Creole Languages Spoken in Grenada, Guyana, St. Vincent, and Tobago Using a Comparison of the Markers of Some Key Grammatical Features.