Barbudan Creole
| Barbudan Creole | |
|---|---|
| Region | Barbuda |
| Ethnicity | Barbudans |
English Creole
| |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | not regulated |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Linguasphere | 52-ABB-apl |
 regions where Barbudan Creole is the language of the majority | |
Barbudan Creole is a dialect of Antiguan and Barbudan Creole primarily spoken by Barbudans. The dialect is more distant from the dialects of the language spoken in Antigua than that of Montserrat,[1] and the creole largely developed separately from Antiguan Creole due to the isolation of the island and Barbuda having very few English inhabitants during colonial times. As nearly all Barbudans are of Fante ancestry, the creole also tends to be more influenced by the Fante dialect.[2] The past tense marker min is a distinctive feature of the dialect.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English | Ethnologue". web.archive.org. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
- ^ Wood, Michael (2000). In search of England: journeys into the English past. Internet Archive. London : Penguin. pp. 292–298. ISBN 978-0-14-024733-6.
- ^ "Antiguan Creole: Genesis and Variation". roderic.uv.es. p. 90. Archived from the original on 2024-06-23. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
- ^ Aceto, Michael (2002-12-20). "Barbudan Creole English: Its history and some grammatical features". English World-Wide. 23 (2): 223–250. doi:10.1075/eww.23.2.04ace. ISSN 0172-8865.