Caribbean linguistic area
E694061
The Caribbean linguistic area is a region characterized by a convergence of languages—especially creoles and contact varieties—shaped by colonial history, African and Indigenous influences, and extensive multilingual interaction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caribbean linguistic area canonical | 1 |
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sprachbund
ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
code-switching
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creole continuum ⓘ language shift ⓘ multilingual repertoires ⓘ post-creole continuum ⓘ |
| exhibitsFeature |
TAM particles
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copula variation ⓘ lexifier-superstrate influence from European languages ⓘ limited inflectional morphology ⓘ postposed plural markers ⓘ pronoun system leveling ⓘ reduplication ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ substrate influence from African languages ⓘ |
| hasBoundaryType | areal-linguistic rather than strictly geographic ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
contact-induced change
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creole continuum ⓘ high multilingualism ⓘ language convergence ⓘ structural convergence ⓘ widespread language contact ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
African languages
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Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Central African languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch NERFINISHED ⓘ English NERFINISHED ⓘ European colonial languages ⓘ French NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous American languages ⓘ Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ West African languages ⓘ |
| historicallyShapedBy |
Atlantic slave trade
NERFINISHED
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European colonization ⓘ Indigenous population displacement ⓘ forced migration ⓘ plantation economy ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Antillean Spanish varieties
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caribbean Chinese varieties ⓘ Caribbean Dutch NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean English NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean French NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean Hindustani varieties NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominican Creole French NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadeloupean Creole French NERFINISHED ⓘ Haitian Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamaican Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Lesser Antillean French Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Martinican Creole French NERFINISHED ⓘ Papiamentu NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Lucian Creole French NERFINISHED ⓘ Sranan Tongo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobagonian English Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinidadian English Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesLanguageType |
contact variety
ⓘ
creole language ⓘ mixed language ⓘ pidgin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Caribbean region ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
areal linguistics
ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ creole studies ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.