San Andrés–Providencia Creole
English-based creole language of the Afro-Caribbean Raizal people in Colombia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Andrés–Providencia creole, also called Raizal Patwah is an English-based creole language spoken in the San Andrés and Providencia Department of Colombia by the native Raizals, which is closely related to Jamaican Patois and very similar to Miskito Coastal Creole. Its vocabulary originates in English, its lexifier, but San Andrés–Providencia creole has its own phonetics and many expressions from Spanish and African languages, particularly Kwa languages (especially Twi and Ewe) and Igbo languages. The language is also known as "San Andrés Creole", "Bende" and "Islander Creole English".[2]
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San Andrés and Providencia Creole | |
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Islander Creole English Raizal Creole | |
Native to | Colombia (San Andrés and Providencia islands) |
Native speakers | (12,000 cited 1981)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | icr |
Glottolog | sana1297 |
Linguasphere | 52-ABB-ah |
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