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A feature which Saint Lucian French Creole shares with other West Atlantic Creole languages is the ability to string verbs together. A main verb may be combined with a select group of verbs of motion (namely alé 'to go' vini 'to come' kouwi 'to run' pòté 'to carry' mennen 'to lead' voyé 'to send') I kouwi alé lékòl He went to school running.
The main secondary language of the island is Saint Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl), a French-based creole spoken by most of the population. [ 2 ] [ 73 ] The island boasts the highest ratio of Nobel laureates produced with respect to the total population of any sovereign country in the world.
Saint Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl, locally called Patwa and/or Creole) is the Saint Lucian creole language of Saint Lucia. Martinican Creole (Kreyòl, Martinique Creole) is the creole language of Martinique. Varieties with progressive aspect marker ka [5] Antillean Creole, spoken in the Lesser Antilles, particularly in Guadeloupe and Dominica ...
A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin, a simplified form that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups, a creole language is a complete language, used in a community and acquired by children as their native language.
Antillean Creole is a language spoken primarily in the francophone (and some of the anglophone) Lesser Antilles, such as Martinique, Guadeloupe, Îles des Saintes, Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and many other smaller islands. Dominican Creole French; Grenadian Creole French; Saint Lucian Creole French. San Miguel Creole French (in ...
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In Saint Lucia, it was colonised by France as part of the French Caribbean, followed by the British that became part of the British Caribbean, the official language of Saint Lucia was English while Saint Lucian Creole French was also spoken, but was and still is related to Haitian Creole once the French had captured the slaves from Africa and ...
Pages in category "Languages of Saint Lucia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Saint Lucian Creole This page was last ...