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An estimated 4,500 American citizens also make their home in Antigua and Barbuda, making their numbers one of the largest American populations in the English-speaking Eastern Caribbean. [ 56 ] 68.47% of the population was born in Antigua and Barbuda.
Antiguan and Barbudan, occasionally Antiguan and Barbudan Creole, is an English-based creole language consisting of several varieties spoken in the Leeward Islands, namely the countries of Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis and the British territories of Anguilla and Montserrat.
In 1632, a group of English colonists left St Kitts to settle on Antigua. Christopher Codrington, an Englishman, established the first permanent English settlement on the island. [16] Antigua rapidly developed as a profitable sugar colony. For a large portion of Antigua's history, the island was considered Britain's "Gateway to the Caribbean".
As of 2024, there are 57 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English is an official language. Many administrative divisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. Most states where English is an official language are former territories of the British Empire.
English (see also List of countries where English is an official language): Antigua and Barbuda; Australia; ... Cantonese is spoken de facto; co-official with English)
Antigua and Barbuda: 1 English [6] Antiguan and Barbudan Creole; Argentina: 1 None (Spanish has de facto status) ... all languages spoken as the mother tongue in ...
Antigua and Barbuda: 2 2 4 0.06 153,800 51,267 76,700 Bermuda: 2 1 3 0.04 64,610 32,305 62,000 British Virgin Islands: 2 0 2 0.03 39,700 19,850 19,850 Cape Verde: 2 1 3 0.04 489,800 244,900 244,900 Christmas Island: 2 0 2 0.03 1,000 500 500 Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 2 0 2 0.03 600 300 300 Faroe Islands: 2 0 2 0.03 48,000 48,000 48,000 Gibraltar: 2
English is the predominant language of Canada, the United States, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands, and is spoken alongside English-based creole languages in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the Turks and ...