Tobagonian Creole

Tobagonian Creole
Tobagonian dialect
Native to	Tobago
Native speakers	300,000 (2011)^[1]
Language family	English Creole Atlantic Eastern Southern Tobagonian Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`tgh`
Glottolog	`toba1282`^[2]
Linguasphere	`52-ABB-at`

Tobagonian is an English-based creole language and the generally spoken language in Tobago. It is distinct from Trinidadian Creole and closer to other Lesser Antillean creoles.

References

↑ Tobagonian Creole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tobagonian Creole English". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Languages of Trinidad and Tobago

Official language	English

Recognized languages	Trinidadian Creole Tobagonian Creole

Unrecognized languages	American Sign Language Caribbean Hindustani Spanish Trinidadian Creole French Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language

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