Grenadian Creole English is a Creole language spoken in Grenada . It is a member of the Southern branch of English-based Eastern Atlantic Creoles, along with Antiguan Creole ( Antigua and Barbuda ), Bajan Creole ( Barbados ), Guyanese Creole ( Guyana ), Tobagonian Creole , Trinidadian Creole ( Trinidad and Tobago ), Vincentian Creole ( Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ), and Virgin Islands Creole ( Virgin Islands ). It is the common vernacular and the native language of nearly all inhabitants of Grenada, or approximately 89,000 native speakers in 2001.
4-419: Grenadian Creole may refer to: Grenadian Creole English , an Eastern Atlantic Creole Grenadian Creole French or Patois , a variety of Antillean Creole French Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Grenadian Creole . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-478: The 18th century, and ruled until its independence in 1974. Despite the long history of British rule, Grenada's French heritage is still evidenced by the number of French loanwords in Grenadian Creole English, as well as by the lingering existence of Grenadian Creole French in the country. The Francophone character of Grenada is the result of over a century of uninterrupted French rule before
12-562: The British conquest, which eventually led to Grenadian Creole English replacing Grenadian Creole French as the lingua franca of the island. The Grenada Creole Society, founded in 2009, implemented the mission to research and document the language in Grenada. The initial findings were published in 2012 in the publication Double Voicing and Multiplex Identities ed. Nicholas Faraclas et al. The syntactic structures of Grenadian Creole English
16-491: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grenadian_Creole&oldid=878858803 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Grenadian Creole English Great Britain took control of Grenada from France in
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