52,730; 14,000 Montserrat (1995 Johnstone), 28,000 Cayman Islands (1995 Johnstone), 10,730 Turks and Caicos Islands (1995 Johnstone). Other islands in the British West Indies are listed separately. Literacy rate 77% to 97%. Christian. Deaf institutions: 1. Data accuracy estimate: B. The number of languages listed for British West Indies is 2.
ENGLISH [ENG] 9,200 in British West Indies (1993); 322,000,000 in all countries (1995 WA). Indo-European, Germanic, West, North Sea, English. In the Caymán Islands the colloquial English seems to have borrowed creole features similar to Jamaica and Central America without having undergone creolization (John Holm 1983). National language. Bible 1535-1989. NT 1525-1985. Bible portions 1530-1987.
LESSER ANTILLEAN CREOLE ENGLISH [VIB] 35,500 in British West Indies (1993); 350,000 in all countries. Turks and Caicos Islands. From Virgin Islands to Tobago. Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern. Montserrat is closest to St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, (Ian Hancock). Montserrat has a creole continuum with Standard English. Agriculturalists: cotton. Survey needed.
Part of the Ethnologue, 13th Edition, Barbara F. Grimes, Editor.
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