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Region | Saba |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | saba1263 |
IETF | en-u-sd-bqsa |
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Saban English is the local dialect of English spoken on Saba, an island in the Dutch Caribbean. It belongs to the group of Caribbean English varieties, and has been classified as a decreolized form of Virgin Islands Creole English.[1] There is one published dictionary of Saban English, A Lee Chip, authored by Theodore R. Johnson.[2]