Belizean Creole
E85943
Belizean Creole is an English-based creole language widely spoken in Belize as a primary lingua franca and marker of national identity.
Aliases (3)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-based creole
→
creole language → lingua franca → natural language → |
| country |
Belize
NERFINISHED
→
|
| developedFrom |
18th-century English
→
|
| developedInContextOf |
British colonial rule in Belize
→
plantation society in Belize → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Belize Kriol
→
Belizean Kriol English → Kriol → |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Belizean Creole people
→
|
| hasGlottocode |
beli1260
→
|
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
absence of copula in some contexts
→
pronoun system distinct from Standard English → serial verb constructions → tense-aspect-mood markers before the verb → |
| hasISO6393Code |
bzj
→
|
| hasOfficialStatus |
recognized language in Belize
→
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
non-rhoticity in many varieties
→
reduction of final consonant clusters → |
| hasRegulatingBody |
National Kriol Council of Belize
→
|
| hasStatus |
major language of Belize
→
|
| hasVocabularySource |
African languages
→
English → Mayan languages → Spanish → |
| influencedBy |
Garifuna
→
Mayan languages → Miskito → Spanish → West African languages → |
| isLinguaFrancaOf |
Belize
NERFINISHED
→
|
| languageFamily |
English-based creole languages
→
|
| lexifierLanguage |
English
→
|
| primaryRegion |
Belize
NERFINISHED
→
|
| spokenIn |
Belize
NERFINISHED
→
Belizean diaspora → Canada → Central America → United Kingdom NERFINISHED → United States → |
| typologicalClassification |
SVO word order
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|
| usedAs |
lingua franca
→
marker of national identity → |
| usedIn |
informal communication
→
literature → music → radio broadcasting → |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Belize City
→
|
commonlySpokenLanguage |
|
Belizean Creole
("Belizean Kriol English")
→
|
hasAlternativeName |
|
Belmopan
("Belizean Kriol English")
→
|
hasCommonLanguage |
|
Jamaican Patois
("Central American English-based Creoles")
→
|
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
|
Afro-Belizeans
("Belizean Kriol English")
→
|
language |
|
Orange Walk Town
→
|
languageUsed |
|
Belize
→
|
recognizedLanguage |
|
Bay Islands English
("Belizean Kriol")
→
|
relatedTo |