The British Empire took control of Grenada from France in the 18th century, and ruled until its independence in 1974.[4] 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.[5] The francophone character of Grenada was uninterrupted for more than a century before British rule which eventually led to Grenadian Creole English replacing Grenadian Creole French as the lingua franca of the island. [6]
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.
Linguistic Featuresedit
The syntactic structures of Grenadian Creole English is influenced by Standard English, French and some African languages.[6]
^ abChase, Thomas R.; Chase, Zarah A. (2018-01-30). Abridged Handbook of Grenadian Creole English and French Names: A Dictionary of Grenadian Creole English with Grammar & Syntax. AuthorHouse. ISBN978-1-5462-1688-9.
grenadian, creole, english, creole, language, spoken, grenada, member, southern, branch, english, based, eastern, atlantic, creoles, along, with, antiguan, creole, antigua, barbuda, bajan, creole, barbados, guyanese, creole, guyana, tobagonian, creole, trinida. 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 2 It is the common vernacular and the native language of nearly all inhabitants of Grenada or approximately 89 000 native speakers in 2001 3 Grenadian Creole EnglishpatoisNative toGrenadaNative speakers89 000 2001 1 Language familyEnglish Creole AtlanticEasternSouthernGrenadian Creole EnglishLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code gcl class extiw title iso639 3 gcl gcl a Glottologgren1247Linguasphere52 ABB as Contents 1 History 2 Linguistic Features 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe British Empire took control of Grenada from France in the 18th century and ruled until its independence in 1974 4 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 5 The francophone character of Grenada was uninterrupted for more than a century before British rule which eventually led to Grenadian Creole English replacing Grenadian Creole French as the lingua franca of the island 6 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 Linguistic Features editThe syntactic structures of Grenadian Creole English is influenced by Standard English French and some African languages 6 See also editBermudian English Jamaican PatoisReferences edit Grenadian Creole English at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Ethnologue report for Southern Ethnologue report for language code gcl Grenada History French Creole in Grenada a b Chase Thomas R Chase Zarah A 2018 01 30 Abridged Handbook of Grenadian Creole English and French Names A Dictionary of Grenadian Creole English with Grammar amp Syntax AuthorHouse ISBN 978 1 5462 1688 9 External links editDictionary of Grenadianisms This pidgin and creole language related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grenadian Creole English amp oldid 1140920336, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
