Tobagonian Creole English
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Tobagonian Creole English is an English-based creole spoken on the island of Tobago, sharing many linguistic features with Trinidadian Creole while retaining its own distinct local vocabulary and pronunciation.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tobagonian Creole | 3 |
| Tobagonian Creole English canonical | 3 |
| Tobago Creole English | 1 |
| Tobagonian English Creole | 1 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian English Creole | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caribbean English-lexifier creole
ⓘ
English-based creole ⓘ creole language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | Standard English in Tobago ⓘ |
| country | Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| developedFrom | contact between English and African languages in Tobago ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod | colonial era in Tobago ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tobagonian Creole English
ⓘ
surface form:
Tobago Creole English
Tobagonian Creole English ⓘ
surface form:
Tobagonian English Creole
|
| hasDialectContinuumWith |
Trinidadian Creole English
ⓘ
surface form:
Trinidadian English Creole
|
| hasDistinctFeature |
distinct Tobagonian pronunciation patterns
ⓘ
local vocabulary specific to Tobago ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | English creole ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
Tobago-specific lexical items
ⓘ
loanwords from Trinidadian Creole ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticFeature |
creole-style tense–aspect–mood marking
ⓘ
reduced inflectional morphology compared to Standard English ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant cluster reduction
ⓘ
non-rhoticity in many speakers ⓘ vowel quality differences from Standard English ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticPhenomenon | code-switching with Trinidad and Tobago Standard English ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
non-official language in Trinidad and Tobago
ⓘ
primarily oral language ⓘ |
| hasSubstrateInfluence |
French Creole
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ West African languages ⓘ indigenous Caribbean languages ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code (often grouped with Trinidadian English Creole) ⓘ |
| languageOf | Tobagonian cultural expression ⓘ |
| lexifierLanguage | English ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| sharesFeaturesWith |
Trinidadian Creole English
ⓘ
Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ
surface form:
Trinidadian English Creole
|
| spokenIn |
Trinidad and Tobago
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Tobago ⓘ |
| usedBy | Tobagonian population ⓘ |
| usedFor | everyday informal communication in Tobago ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tobagonian Creole English Description of subject: Tobagonian Creole English is an English-based creole spoken on the island of Tobago, sharing many linguistic features with Trinidadian Creole while retaining its own distinct local vocabulary and pronunciation.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tobagonian Creole
this entity surface form:
Tobagonian Creole
this entity surface form:
Tobagonian Creole
this entity surface form:
Trinidadian and Tobagonian English Creole
this entity surface form:
Tobagonian English Creole
this entity surface form:
Tobago Creole English