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The 2010 Belize Census recorded that 25.9% of the people within Belize claimed Creole ethnicity and 44.6% claimed to speak Belizean Creole and put the number of speakers at over 130,000. [4] It is estimated that there are as many as 85,000 Creoles that have migrated to the United States and may or may not still speak the language.
Until the early 1980s, Belizean Creoles constituted close to 60% of the population of Belize.But, the demographics of the country have changed markedly. Because of the combined effects of immigration to Belize of people from other Central American countries, and emigration of an estimated 85,000 Creoles, most to the United States, in the early 21st century the Creoles make up only about 25% of ...
When a Creole language exists alongside its lexifier language, as in Belize, a creole continuum forms between the Creole and the lexifier language. This is known as code-switching. In 2007 an English–Kriol dictionary was published by the Belize Kriol Project; the dictionary includes translations and grammatical descriptions. [5]
A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin, a simplified form that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups, a creole language is a complete language, used in a community and acquired by children as their native language.
The Altun Ha archaeological site in Belize, a remnant of Mayan culture.. The culture of Belize is a mix of influences and people from Kriol, Maya, East Indian, Garinagu (also known as Garifuna), Mestizo (a mixture of Spanish and Native Americans), Mennonites who are of German descent, with many other cultures from Chinese to Lebanese.
Pronunciation in Belizean English tends towards Caribbean English, except that the former is non-rhotic. [6] [note 2]In 2013, it was noted that spoken Belizean English is heavily influenced by Belizean Creole, as 'both the lexicon and syntactic constructions often follow creole.' [7] The influence has been deemed strong enough to argue 'that spoken [Belizean] English is simply a register of ...
Bocas del Toro Creole (Panamanian Creole English) Jamaican Maroon Creole; Belizean Creole; Miskito Coast Creole (Nicaragua Creole English) Rama Cay Creole; San Andrés–Providencia Creole (Raizal Creole English/Islander Creole English) Eastern Caribbean Northern Bahamian–Turks and Caicos Creole English (Lucayan Archipelago) Bahamian Creole
Saint Kitts Creole is a dialect of Antiguan and Barbudan Creole [2] spoken in Saint Kitts and Nevis by around 40,000 people. Saint Kitts Creole does not have the status of an official language. Saint Kitts Creole does not have the status of an official language.