Montserrat Creole

Montserrat Creole
Native to	Montserrat
Native speakers	7,600 in Montserrat (2001) [1] many left after the eruption of Soufriere in 1995
Language family	English Creole Atlantic Eastern Southern Northern Antilles Antiguan and Barbudan Creole Montserrat Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
IETF	aig-MS
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Montserrat Creole is a dialect of Antiguan and Barbudan Creole ^[2] 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.

A lot of similarities can be found with Jamaican Creole. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Antiguan and Barbudan English
• Kokoy Creole
• Saint Kitts Creole

References

1. Montserrat Creole at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
2. "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English | Ethnologue". 2016-10-07. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
3. "Montserrat Creole - an Irish brogue?". www.phon.ucl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
4. "Montserrat | Facts, Map, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2022-10-12.