Bahamian Creole English

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Bahamian Creole English is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in the Bahamas, characterized by its distinct pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary influenced by African languages and British English.

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All labels observed (7)

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English-based creole language
creole language
macrolanguage
hasAlternativeName Bahamian
Bahamian Creole English
surface form: Bahamian Creole

Bahamian Creole English
surface form: Bahamian Dialect

Bahamian Creole English
surface form: Bahamian English Creole

Bahamian Patwa
Bahamian Creole English
surface form: Bahamianese
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers about 400000
hasFeature copula deletion in some contexts
creole continuum with basilectal and acrolectal varieties
distinct grammar from Standard English
distinct pronunciation from Standard English
distinct vocabulary from Standard English
influence from African substrate phonology
non-rhotic pronunciation in many varieties
reduction of consonant clusters
use of preverbal tense-aspect markers
hasGlottologCode baha1253
hasGlottologName Bahamian Creole English self-link
hasInfluenceFrom African American Vernacular English
African languages
British English
Gullah
West African languages
hasISO6393Code bah
hasLanguageFamily English creole
Germanic languages
Indo-European languages
West Germanic languages
hasPrimaryLexifier English
hasRegion Atlantic Ocean islands
Caribbean
West Indies
hasTypicalWordOrder SVO
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isBasedOn English
isDeFactoLanguageOf Bahamas
isOfficialLanguageOf no sovereign state
spokenIn Abaco Islands
Andros Island
Bahamas
Berry Islands
Bimini
Canada diaspora communities
Cat Island
Eleuthera
Exuma
surface form: Exuma Islands

Grand Bahama
surface form: Grand Bahama Island

New Providence Island
Turks and Caicos Islands
United Kingdom diaspora communities
United States diaspora communities
subclassOf Atlantic English-lexifier creole
Caribbean English Creole
usedIn informal communication in the Bahamas
oral storytelling traditions in the Bahamas
popular music in the Bahamas

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bahamian Creole English
Description of subject: Bahamian Creole English is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in the Bahamas, characterized by its distinct pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary influenced by African languages and British English.

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virgin Islands Creole English isRelatedTo Bahamian Creole English
Afro-Bahamians language Bahamian Creole English
this entity surface form: Bahamian English
Atlantic English Creole hasExampleLanguage Bahamian Creole English
this entity surface form: Bahamas Creole English
Bahamian Creole English hasGlottologName Bahamian Creole English self-link
Bahamian Creole English hasAlternativeName Bahamian Creole English
this entity surface form: Bahamian Dialect
Bahamian Creole English hasAlternativeName Bahamian Creole English
this entity surface form: Bahamianese
Bahamian Creole English hasAlternativeName Bahamian Creole English
this entity surface form: Bahamian English Creole
Bahamian Creole English hasAlternativeName Bahamian Creole English
this entity surface form: Bahamian Creole
Central Andros languageSpoken Bahamian Creole English
this entity surface form: Bahamian English
Rake-and-scrape languageOfLyrics Bahamian Creole English
this entity surface form: Bahamian English
Caribbean English hasSubvariety Bahamian Creole English
this entity surface form: Bahamian English