Kwéyòl

E39106

Creole language French-based Creole language language

Kwéyòl is a French-based Creole language spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles, notably in Saint Lucia and Dominica.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kwéyòl Kwéyòl	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Creole language ⓘ French-based Creole language ⓘ language ⓘ
celebratedOn	Creole Day in Dominica ⓘ Jounen Kwéyòl (Creole Day) in Saint Lucia ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Antillean Creole ⓘ surface form: Dominican French Creole Antillean Creole ⓘ surface form: Guadeloupean Creole Martinican Creole ⓘ
culturalAssociation	Dominican identity ⓘ Saint Lucian identity ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Antillean Creole ⓘ surface form: Dominican Kwéyòl Kwéyòl ⓘ surface form: Kwéyòl Kwéyòl Kwéyòl Sent Lisi ⓘ Patois ⓘ Patwa ⓘ Antillean Creole ⓘ surface form: Saint Lucian Creole Saint Lucian Creole French ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	TMA particle system ⓘ postposed definite articles ⓘ reduced inflectional morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	nasal vowels ⓘ simplified consonant clusters ⓘ
hasSubstrateLanguage	Arawakan languages ⓘ surface form: Arawak languages Carib languages ⓘ West African languages ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	acf ⓘ
languageFamily	French Creole languages ⓘ Romance-based Creole languages ⓘ
languageRegion	Caribbean ⓘ Diaspora communities in Canada ⓘ Diaspora communities in the French Antilles ⓘ Diaspora communities in the United Kingdom ⓘ Diaspora communities in the United States ⓘ Guadeloupe ⓘ Lesser Antilles ⓘ Martinique ⓘ
languageStatus	widely spoken in Dominica ⓘ widely spoken in Saint Lucia ⓘ
lexifierLanguage	French ⓘ
officialStatus	recognized language in Dominica ⓘ recognized language in Saint Lucia ⓘ
primaryLanguageRegion	Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Lucia NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Antillean Creole ⓘ French Creole ⓘ
usedAlongside	English ⓘ
usedFor	music ⓘ oral communication ⓘ radio broadcasting ⓘ religious services ⓘ storytelling ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

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

Antillean Creole → alsoKnownAs → Kwéyòl ⓘ

Kwéyòl → hasAlternativeName → Kwéyòl ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kwéyòl Kwéyòl