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Tobagonian Creole English

A language of Trinidad and Tobago

ISO 639-3: tgh

Population  36,000 (1990).
Region  Tobago.
Language map  Creole Languages of the Eastern Caribbean
Alternate names   Tobagonian Dialect
Dialects  Most similar to Guyanese Creole English [gyn] and Saint Vincent [crb].
Classification  Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern
Language use  Used in politics. All ages.
Language development  Dictionary.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

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.  Available online