Montserrat Creole

Montserrat Creole
Montserrat Creole
Spoken in Montserrat
Native speakers <10,000  (no date)
Language family
English Creole
  • Atlantic
    • Eastern
      • Southern
        • Northern Antilles
          • Leeward Caribbean Creole English
            • Montserrat Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
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Montserrat Creole is a dialect of Leeward Caribbean Creole English spoken in Montserrat. The number of speakers of Montserrat Creole is below 10,000. Montserrat Creole does not have the status of an official language.

See also

v · d · eCaribbean English-based creole languages
Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Cayman Islands · Grenada · Guyana · Jamaica · Limón, Costa Rica · Mosquito Coast · Montserrat · Panama · Rama Cay · Roatán · Saint Kitts and Nevis · San Andrés-Providence · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Suriname · Tobago · Trinidad · Turks and Caicos Islands · Virgin Islands



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