7,400 (1995). Self governing part of British West Indies. Literacy rate 82% to 95%. Christian. Data accuracy estimate: B. The number of languages listed for Anguilla is 2.
ENGLISH [ENG] 322,000,000 in all countries (1995 WA). Indo-European, Germanic, West, North Sea, English. National language. Bible 1535-1989. NT 1525-1985. Bible portions 1530-1987.
LESSER ANTILLEAN CREOLE ENGLISH [VIB] 6,270 in Anguilla (1987); 52,250 U.S. Virgin Islands (1980 WA); 36,000 Tobago (1990); 350,000 in all countries. Virgin Islands to Tobago. Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern. Close to the creoles of Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla, and Barbuda. Slightly intelligible with Jamaican and perhaps Bahamas creoles. Agriculturalists, fishermen. Christian. Survey needed.
Part of the Ethnologue, 13th Edition, Barbara F. Grimes, Editor.
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