Vincentian Creole | |
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Native to | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Native speakers | 108,000 (2016)[1] |
English creole
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | svc |
Glottolog | vinc1243 Vincentian Creole English |
Vincentian Creole is an English-based creole language spoken in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It contains elements of Spanish, Antillean Creole, and various Iberian Romance languages. It has also been influenced by the indigenous Kalinago/Garifuna elements and by African languages [clarification needed] brought over the Atlantic Ocean by way of the slave trade. Over the years the creole has changed to be a mix of all of those languages.