San Andrés–Providencia Creole
English-based creole language of the Afro-Caribbean Raizal people in Colombia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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San Andrés–Providencia creole, also called Raizal Creole, or Raizal Patwah, is an English-based creole language spoken in the San Andrés and Providencia (The Raizal Islands) by the native Raizals; which is a dialect of Jamaican Patois (Patwah) with notable similarities to Miskito Coastal Creole. Its vocabulary originates in English (lexifier), but San Andrés–Providencia creole has its own phonetics and many expressions from West 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 | San Andrés and Providencia |
Native speakers | 25,515 (2018)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | icr |
Glottolog | sana1297 |
Linguasphere | 52-ABB-ah |
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