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Preferred term

icrIslander Creole English  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • San Andrés–Providencia Creole is a Creole language spoken in the San Andrés and Providencia Department of Colombia by the natives (the Raizal ethnic group), very similar to the Miskito Coastal Creole spoken in Bluefields, the Corn Islands and the Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua. Its vocabulary originates in English language, but it has its own phonetics and many expressions from Spanish and African dialects of the Kwa languages (Twi, Ewe and Ibi languages) among others. It is not just a dialect with different phonetics and syntax. It has its own grammar distinct from English and Spanish. The language is also known as "San Andrés Creole", "Bende", and "Islander Creole English".

Entry terms

  • Creole English, Islander
  • San Andrés–Providencia Creole

ISO 639-3 code

  • icr

Notation

  • icr

In other languages

  • Criollo sanandresano

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/icr

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