Saint Lucian Creole French
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A language of Saint Lucia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Grenadian Creole French, Lesser Antillean Creole French, Patois
Autonym
Kwéyòl, Patwa
Population
158,000 (2001). Total users in all countries: 359,450.
Location
Widespread.
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Language Status
5 (Developing). De facto language of national identity.
Classification
Dialects
Not intelligible with standard French [fra]. All French creoles of the Caribbean are somewhat mutually inherently intelligible (Goodman 1964). Dominica dialect is virtually the same as Saint Lucia (97%–99% intelligibility).
Language Use
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 36%. Literature. Newspapers. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1999.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Christian.