North Antiguan Creole

North Antiguan Creole
Nawt Aanteegan / Nawt'n dialek
Region	North Antigua
Native speakers	~48,000 (in Antigua and Barbuda; 2011 estimate) [1]
Language family	English Creole Antiguan and Barbudan Creole North Antiguan Creole
Official status
Regulated by	not regulated
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
regions where North Antiguan Creole is the language of the majority

North Antiguan Creole is a variety of Antiguan and Barbudan Creole spoken primarily in the northern regions of Antigua. It is considered to be the most standard variety of the language, and the dialect has spread throughout the country due to the increasing number of people who commute to St. John's. ^[2] Its distinctive pronouns are "hi" and "i" for the third person singular, as well as the absence of the pronoun "om". ^{[3] [4]}

Pronominal system

North Antiguan Creole has a distinct pronominal system from South Antiguan: ^[3]

• Me - I, me
• Aawi - we, us, our
• Yu - you
• Aayu - you all
• Hi, i - he, him
• Shi - she, her
• Dem - they, them

References

1. Knight, Elizabeth (2025-02-11). "Estimated main languages of the Antiguan and Barbudan population". Axarplex. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
2. "Antiguan Creole: Genesis and Variation". roderic.uv.es. p. 90. Archived from the original on 2024-06-23. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
3. "North Antiguan Dialect". pdb.simon.net.nz. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
4. "Farquhar (1974)". pdb.simon.net.nz. Retrieved 2025-02-01.