Kwéyòl

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Kwéyòl is a French-based Creole language spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles, notably in Saint Lucia and Dominica.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kwéyòl canonical 2
Kwéyòl language 2
Kwéyòl Ayisyen 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Creole language
French-based Creole language
language
celebratedOn Creole Day in Dominica
Jounen Kwéyòl (Creole Day) in Saint Lucia
closelyRelatedTo Dominican French Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole

Guadeloupean Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole

Martinican Creole
culturalAssociation Dominican identity
Saint Lucian identity
hasAlternativeName Dominican Kwéyòl
linked to: Antillean Creole

Kwéyòl Kwéyòl
linked to: Kwéyòl

Kwéyòl Sent Lisi
Patois
Patwa
Saint Lucian Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole

Saint Lucian Creole French
hasGrammaticalFeature TMA particle system
postposed definite articles
reduced inflectional morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature nasal vowels
simplified consonant clusters
hasSubstrateLanguage Arawak languages
linked to: Arawakan languages

Carib languages
West African languages
ISO639-3Code acf
languageFamily French Creole languages
Romance-based Creole languages
languageRegion Caribbean
Diaspora communities in Canada
Diaspora communities in the French Antilles
Diaspora communities in the United Kingdom
Diaspora communities in the United States
Guadeloupe
Lesser Antilles
Martinique
languageStatus widely spoken in Dominica
widely spoken in Saint Lucia
lexifierLanguage French
officialStatus recognized language in Dominica
recognized language in Saint Lucia
primaryLanguageRegion Dominica
Saint Lucia
subclassOf Antillean Creole
French Creole
usedAlongside English
usedFor music
oral communication
radio broadcasting
religious services
storytelling
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Antillean Creole alsoKnownAs Kwéyòl
Kwéyòl hasAlternativeName Kwéyòl Kwéyòl
linked to: Kwéyòl
Patois alternativeName Kwéyòl
Patois alternativeName Kwéyòl Ayisyen
linked to: Kwéyòl
Jounen Kwéyòl (Creole Day) in Saint Lucia celebrates Kwéyòl language
linked to: Kwéyòl
Creole Day in Dominica culturalFocus Kwéyòl language
linked to: Kwéyòl