Montserrat Creole

Montserrat Creole
Montserrat Creole
Native to	Montserrat
Native speakers	7,600 in Montserrat (2001); many left after the eruption of Soufriere in 1995
Language family	English Creole Atlantic Eastern Southern Northern Antilles Leeward Caribbean Creole English Montserrat Creole; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
IETF	aig-MS
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Montserrat Creole is a dialect of Leeward Caribbean Creole English spoken in Montserrat. The number of speakers of Montserrat Creole is below 10,000. Montserrat Creole does not have the status of an official language.

A lot of similarities can be found with Jamaican Creole.^[2]^[3]

^ Montserrat Creole at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
^ "Montserrat Creole - an Irish brogue?". www.phon.ucl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
^ "Montserrat | Facts, Map, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2022-10-12.

[1] Montserrat Creole at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

[2] "Montserrat Creole - an Irish brogue?". www.phon.ucl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2022-10-12.

[3] "Montserrat | Facts, Map, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2022-10-12.

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