Virgin Islands Creole English

E27694

Virgin Islands Creole English is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in the U.S. Virgin Islands and nearby Caribbean areas, characterized by its distinct grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary influenced by African and European languages.

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Generate an image of Virgin Islands Creole English (Virgin Islands Creole English is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in the U.S. Virgin Islands and nearby Caribbean areas, characterized by its distinct grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary influenced by African and European languages.)

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Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English-based creole ⓘ
creole language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
developedFrom contact between English and African languages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Creole English of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
Virgin Islands Creole ⓘ
Virgin Islands Dialect ⓘ
Virgin Islands English ⓘ
Virgin Islands English Creole ⓘ
hasCharacteristic distinct grammar from Standard English ⓘ
distinct pronunciation from Standard English ⓘ
distinct vocabulary from Standard English ⓘ
pronoun system differing from Standard English ⓘ
reduction of consonant clusters ⓘ
use of preverbal tense-aspect markers ⓘ
variable copula use ⓘ
hasCountry British Virgin Islands ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands
hasEthnicGroup Virgin Islanders ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom African languages ⓘ
American English ⓘ
British English ⓘ
European languages ⓘ
West African languages ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Atlantic creole languages ⓘ
English creole languages ⓘ
Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
hasOriginPeriod Atlantic slave trade era ⓘ
colonial period in the Caribbean ⓘ
hasPrimaryLexifier English ⓘ
hasRegion British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Leeward Islands ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ
Saint Croix ⓘ
Saint John ⓘ
Saint Thomas ⓘ
Tortola ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
hasStatus often stigmatized relative to Standard English ⓘ
primarily spoken language ⓘ
used in informal contexts ⓘ
hasTypicalWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
isRelatedTo Bahamian Creole English ⓘ
Gullah ⓘ
Jamaican Patois ⓘ
Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ
isSpokenBy majority of native-born residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
subclassOf Atlantic English creole ⓘ
Caribbean English creole ⓘ
English creole ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Thomas → languageUsage → Virgin Islands Creole English ⓘ
West African languages → influenced → Gullah ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Islands Creole English
Virgin Islands Creole English → hasAlternativeName → Virgin Islands Creole ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Islands Creole English
Virgin Islands Creole English → hasAlternativeName → Virgin Islands Dialect ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Islands Creole English
Virgin Islands Creole English → hasAlternativeName → Virgin Islands English ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Islands Creole English
Saint Croix → commonLanguage → Virgin Islands Creole English ⓘ
Barbuda → language → Leeward Caribbean Creole English ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Islands Creole English
Atlantic English Creole → hasExampleLanguage → Virgin Islands Creole English ⓘ
Frederiksted → localDialect → Virgin Islands Creole English ⓘ
Virgin Islands → languageUsed → Virgin Islands Creole English ⓘ
Southern Lesser Antillean English creoles group → hasPart → Virgin Islands Creole English ⓘ
Saint Croix → commonLanguage → Virgin Islands Creole English ⓘ
subject linked to: Saint Croix Island
Caribbean English Creoles → hasMember → Virgin Islands Creole English ⓘ
Caribbean Creole → includesLanguage → Virgin Islands Creole English ⓘ