110,000 (1995). Grenada, Carriacon, and Petit Martinique Islands. Literacy rate 95% (1991 WA). Also includes East Indian 3,300 (1993). Deaf institutions: 1. Data accuracy estimate: B. The number of languages listed for Grenada is 3.
ENGLISH [ENG] 322,000,000 in all countries (1995 WA). Indo-European, Germanic, West, North Sea, English. Dialect: GRENADIAN ENGLISH. Post-creole English with French Creole influences (M. Alleyne). National language. Bible 1535-1989. NT 1525-1985. Bible portions 1530-1987.
LESSER ANTILLEAN CREOLE ENGLISH (PATWA, PATOIS) [VIB] 43,000 in Grenada; 350,000 in all countries. Virgin Islands to Tobago. Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern. Dialect: CARRIACOU CREOLE ENGLISH. Closest to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, also Tobago. M. Alleyne says it is a post-creole English with French creole influence, no longer a creole. R. Kephart says Carriacou is a creole English. J. Holm says the creole predominates in Grenada (1989:457). Survey needed.
LESSER ANTILLEAN CREOLE FRENCH [DOM] 1,024,980 in all countries. Scattered pockets, mainly older people in rural areas. Also in St. Lucia, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and France. Creole, French based. The same as, or similar to, that spoken in St. Lucia (M. Alleyne). Bible portions 1894-1992. Work in progress.
Part of the Ethnologue, 13th Edition, Barbara F. Grimes, Editor.
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