Saban English

Saban English
RegionSaba
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologsaba1263
IETFen-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]

  1. ^ Peter Trudgill and Jane Hannah. 2017. "The Handbook of World Englishes". 6th ed. pg 115.
  2. ^ Johnson, Theodore R. (2016). A Lee Chip. Language & Life Project.