Kriol

E401597
English-based creole creole language natural language

Kriol is an English-based Creole language spoken primarily in Belize, serving as a major lingua franca and key marker of Belizean cultural identity.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Belize Kriol 1
Belize Kriol English 1
Kriol canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English-based creole ⓘ
creole language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
developedFrom English-based plantation creole ⓘ
developedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
developedInContext British colonial rule in Belize ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kriol ⓘ
surface form: Belize Kriol English

Belizean Creole ⓘ
Belizean Creole ⓘ
surface form: Belizean Kriol
hasBibleTranslation Kriol Bible translation for Belize ⓘ
hasCountry Belize ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Afro-Belizeans ⓘ
surface form: Belizean Creole people

Belizean people ⓘ
surface form: Belizeans
hasGlottocode beli1260 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Belizean Creole ⓘ
surface form: Belize Kriol English
hasInfluenceFromLanguage English ⓘ
Garifuna ⓘ
Mayan languages ⓘ
Miskito ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
West African languages ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code bzj ⓘ
hasLanguageAcademy National Kriol Council of Belize ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily English creole ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology analytic language ⓘ
isolating language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature use of preverbal tense-aspect markers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature absence of dental fricatives /θ/ and /ð/ in many speakers ⓘ
hasPrimaryLexifierLanguage English ⓘ
hasRegion Belize ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
hasRole marker of Belizean cultural identity ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus coexists with English as official language of Belize ⓘ
dominant spoken vernacular in Belize ⓘ
often used in informal domains ⓘ
hasStandardizationEffort orthography promoted by National Kriol Council ⓘ
hasTypicalWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Miskito Coast Creole English ⓘ
Nicaraguan Creole English ⓘ
isSpokenBy majority of Belizean population as first or second language ⓘ
subclassOf Atlantic English-based creole ⓘ
usedAs language of wider communication in Belize ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ
usedInMediaType music in Belize ⓘ
radio broadcasting in Belize ⓘ
religious publications ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Belizean Creole → hasAlternativeName → Kriol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belize Kriol
Belizean Creole → hasAlternativeName → Kriol ⓘ
Kriol → hasAlternativeName → Kriol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belize Kriol English
National Kriol Council of Belize → focusArea → Kriol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kriol language