Negerhollands | |
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Creole Dutch | |
Region | U.S. Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands |
Extinct | 1987, with the death of Alice Stevens |
Dutch Creole
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Latin (Dutch alphabet) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | dcr |
Glottolog | nege1244 |
Negerhollands ('Negro-Dutch') was a Dutch-based creole language that was spoken in the Danish West Indies, now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands. Dutch was its superstrate language with Danish, English, French, Spanish, and African elements incorporated. Notwithstanding its name, Negerhollands drew primarily from the Zeelandic rather than the Hollandic dialect of Dutch.