Trinidadian Creole English

E76260

English-based creole language contact language creole language

Trinidadian Creole English is an English-based creole language spoken in Trinidad and Tobago, characterized by influences from African, French, Spanish, and other linguistic traditions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Trinidadian Creole English canonical	11
Trinidadian English Creole	6
Trinidadian English	2
Tobagonian Creole English	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English-based creole language ⓘ contact language ⓘ creole language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Grenadian Creole English ⓘ Guyanese Creole ⓘ Tobagonian Creole English ⓘ Vincentian Creole English ⓘ surface form: Vincentian Creole
developedFrom	plantation contact varieties in Trinidad ⓘ
developedInPeriod	colonial era ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	absence of copula in some contexts ⓘ plural marking with post-nominal forms in some varieties ⓘ reduced inflectional morphology ⓘ tense-aspect marking with preverbal particles ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	English creole ⓘ
hasLexifierLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPart	acrolectal varieties ⓘ basilectal varieties ⓘ mesolectal varieties ⓘ rural varieties ⓘ urban varieties ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	non-rhoticity in many speakers ⓘ simplified consonant clusters ⓘ variable TH-stopping ⓘ
hasRegion	Caribbean ⓘ Lesser Antilles ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus	exists on a continuum with Standard English ⓘ used in informal communication ⓘ
hasVocabularySource	African languages ⓘ Bhojpuri ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ French Creole ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin script ⓘ
influencedBy	African languages ⓘ Bhojpuri ⓘ Caribbean indigenous languages ⓘ Chinese varieties ⓘ French ⓘ French Creole ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
spokenIn	Tobago ⓘ Trinidad ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
subclassOf	Atlantic English-lexifier creole ⓘ
usedBy	Afro-Trinidadian population ⓘ Creole-speaking communities in Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ Indo-Caribbean people ⓘ surface form: Indo-Trinidadian population
usedIn	calypso lyrics ⓘ everyday conversation in Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ music in Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ soca lyrics ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Trinidad and Tobago → recognizedLanguage → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tobagonian Creole English

Virgin Islands Creole English → isRelatedTo → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

Bajan Creole → closelyRelatedTo → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian → language → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinidadian English Creole

Tobagonian → language → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

Chaguanas → commonLanguages → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinidadian English Creole

Atlantic English Creole → hasExampleLanguage → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

Diego Martin → localDialect → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinidadian English Creole

Grenadian Creole English → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

Caribbean English → hasSubvariety → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinidadian English

Vincentian dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

Southern Lesser Antillean English creoles group → hasPart → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

Bajan → isRelatedTo → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

Tobagonian Creole English → sharesFeaturesWith → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinidadian English Creole

Tobagonian Creole English → closelyRelatedTo → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

Tobagonian Creole English → hasDialectContinuumWith → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinidadian English Creole

Caribbean English creole continuum → isRelatedTo → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinidadian English Creole

Dougla people → languageUsed → Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trinidadian English