Belizean Creole

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Belizean Creole is an English-based creole language widely spoken in Belize as a primary lingua franca and marker of national identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English-based creole
creole language
lingua franca
natural language
country Belize
developedFrom 18th-century English
developedInContextOf British colonial rule in Belize
plantation society in Belize
hasAlternativeName Kriol
surface form: Belize Kriol

Belizean Creole
surface form: Belizean Kriol English

Kriol
hasEthnicGroup Afro-Belizeans
surface form: 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
languageFamily English-based creole languages
lexifierLanguage English
primaryRegion Belize
spokenIn Belize
Belizean diaspora
Canada
Central America
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
typologicalClassification SVO word order
usedAs lingua franca
marker of national identity
usedIn informal communication
literature
music
radio broadcasting
writingSystem Latin script

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

Belize recognizedLanguage Belizean Creole
Belize City commonlySpokenLanguage Belizean Creole
Jamaican Patois isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Central American English-based Creoles
Afro-Belizeans language Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol English
Bay Islands English relatedTo Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol
Belmopan hasCommonLanguage Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol English
Belizean Creole hasAlternativeName Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol English
Orange Walk Town languageUsed Belizean Creole
Belize District commonlySpokenLanguage Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol
Queen’s Square hasCommonLanguage Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol
Belize cayes languageUsed Belizean Creole
Lake Independence hasLanguage Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol
Toledo District languageSpoken Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol
Belize_Defence_Force usesLanguage Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean_Creole
Miskito Coast Creole English isRelatedTo Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol
Cayo District hasCommonLanguage Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol
Central Belize hasLanguage Belizean Creole
Kriol hasAlternativeName Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol
Kriol hasAlternativeName Belizean Creole
Kriol hasGlottologName Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belize Kriol English
National Kriol Council of Belize languageFocus Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol
Orange Walk District hasCommonLanguage Belizean Creole
Government of Belize recognisedLanguage Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol English
Belizean people language Belizean Creole
Western Belize languageUsed Belizean Creole
this entity surface form: Belizean Kriol