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Bermudian English is a regional dialect of English found in Bermuda, a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic. Standard English is used in professional settings and in writing, while vernacular Bermudian English is spoken on more casual occasions. [2]
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Bermuda: 2 1 3 0.04 64,610 32,305 62,000
The predominant language in Bermuda is Bermudian English. [1] British English spellings and conventions are used in print media and formal written communications. [92] Portuguese is also spoken by migrants from the Azores, Madeira, and the Cape Verde Islands and their descendants. [1] [93]
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
Pages in category "Languages of Bermuda" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bermudian English
Brian Burland (1931 in Bermuda – 2010 in Bermuda) was a Bermudian writer, poet and author of nine acclaimed novels that typically dealt with colonialism, family strife and race; David B. Wingate OBE (born 1935 in Bermuda) is an ornithologist, naturalist and conservationist. He rediscovered the black-capped petrel in Haiti in 1963.
This is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect . For example, Chinese and Arabic are sometimes considered single languages, but each includes several mutually unintelligible varieties , and so they are sometimes considered language families instead.
The predominant language on Bermuda is Bermudian English. It exhibits characteristics of British, West Indian, and American English. Perhaps most interesting is its closeness to acrolectal English compared to varieties in the West Indies. British English spellings and conventions are used in print media and formal written communications. [15]