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Barbadian English is fully rhotic and full of glottal stops.One example of Barbadian English would be the pronunciation of departments, which is [dɪˈpaːɹʔmənʔs].It is also notable, in comparison with standard American or British English, for the first vowel in price or prize.
Unstressed, word-final / oʊ / may be pronounced [ɚ], causing yellow to sound like yeller, fellow like feller, potato like (po)tater, and mosquito like (mo)skeeter. Elision of some medial or final stops, as in cape sounding more like cay. [citation needed] Strong, bunched-tongue rhoticity, similar to West Country English, Scottish English, or ...
Caribbean English (CE, [note 3] CarE) is a set of dialects of the English language which are spoken in the Caribbean and most countries on the Caribbean coasts of Central America and South America. Caribbean English is influenced by, but is distinct to the English-based creole languages spoken in the region.
Frequently Asked Questions on Caribbean Language by the Society for Caribbean Linguistics; Wiwords A cross-referencing dictionary of West Indian words with a large number of Trinidadian terms; The Sociolinguistic Situation of Trinidad and Tobago. 1997. Phonological Hypercorrection in the Process of Decreolization--the Case of Trinidadian English
Pronunciation in Belizean English tends towards Caribbean English, except that the former is non-rhotic. [6] [note 2]In 2013, it was noted that spoken Belizean English is heavily influenced by Belizean Creole, as 'both the lexicon and syntactic constructions often follow creole.' [7] The influence has been deemed strong enough to argue 'that spoken [Belizean] English is simply a register of ...
A woman speaking Gullah and English. Gullah (also called Gullah-English, [2] Sea Island Creole English, [3] and Geechee [4]) is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called "Geechees" within the community), an African American population living in coastal regions of South Carolina and Georgia (including urban Charleston and Savannah) as well as extreme northeastern Florida and ...
Lanmè ("the sea", from la mer) Antillean Creole (also known as Lesser Antillean Creole ) is a French-based creole that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles . Its grammar and vocabulary include elements of French , Carib , English , and African languages .
Some words are recorded as ending in x, which may have represented a word-final /h/ sound. In general, stress was predictable and fell on the penultimate syllable of a word, unless the word ended in /e/ , /i/ or a nasal vowel, in which case it fell on the final syllable.