Belizean Creole

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Belizean Creole is an English-based creole language widely spoken in Belize as a primary lingua franca and marker of national identity.

All labels observed (6)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English-based creole
creole language
lingua franca
natural language
country Belize
developedFrom 18th-century English
developedInContextOf British colonial rule in Belize
plantation society in Belize
hasAlternativeName Belize Kriol
linked to: Kriol

Belizean Kriol English
linked to: Belizean Creole

Kriol
hasEthnicGroup Belizean Creole people
linked to: Afro-Belizeans
hasGlottocode beli1260
hasGrammaticalFeature absence of copula in some contexts
pronoun system distinct from Standard English
serial verb constructions
tense-aspect-mood markers before the verb
hasISO6393Code bzj
hasOfficialStatus recognized language in Belize
hasPhonologicalFeature non-rhoticity in many varieties
reduction of final consonant clusters
hasRegulatingBody National Kriol Council of Belize
hasStatus major language of Belize
hasVocabularySource African languages
English
Mayan languages
Spanish
influencedBy Garifuna
Mayan languages
Miskito
Spanish
West African languages
isLinguaFrancaOf Belize
languageFamily English-based creole languages
lexifierLanguage English
primaryRegion Belize
spokenIn Belize
Belizean diaspora
Canada
Central America
United Kingdom
United States
typologicalClassification SVO word order
usedAs lingua franca
marker of national identity
usedIn informal communication
literature
music
radio broadcasting
writingSystem Latin script

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Referenced by (26)

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

Belize recognizedLanguage Belizean Creole
Belize City commonlySpokenLanguage Belizean Creole
Jamaican Patois isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Central American English-based Creoles
linked to: Belizean Creole
Afro-Belizeans language Belizean Kriol English
linked to: Belizean Creole
Bay Islands English relatedTo Belizean Kriol
linked to: Belizean Creole
Belmopan hasCommonLanguage Belizean Kriol English
linked to: Belizean Creole
Belizean Creole hasAlternativeName Belizean Kriol English
linked to: Belizean Creole
Orange Walk Town languageUsed Belizean Creole
Belize District commonlySpokenLanguage Belizean Kriol
linked to: Belizean Creole
Queen’s Square hasCommonLanguage Belizean Kriol
linked to: Belizean Creole
Belize cayes languageUsed Belizean Creole
Lake Independence hasLanguage Belizean Kriol
linked to: Belizean Creole
Toledo District languageSpoken Belizean Kriol
linked to: Belizean Creole
Belize_Defence_Force usesLanguage Belizean_Creole
linked to: Belizean Creole
Miskito Coast Creole English isRelatedTo Belizean Kriol
linked to: Belizean Creole
Cayo District hasCommonLanguage Belizean Kriol
linked to: Belizean Creole
Central Belize hasLanguage Belizean Creole
Kriol hasAlternativeName Belizean Kriol
linked to: Belizean Creole
Kriol hasAlternativeName Belizean Creole
Kriol hasGlottologName Belize Kriol English
linked to: Belizean Creole
National Kriol Council of Belize languageFocus Belizean Kriol
linked to: Belizean Creole
Orange Walk District hasCommonLanguage Belizean Creole
Government of Belize recognisedLanguage Belizean Kriol English
linked to: Belizean Creole
Belizean people language Belizean Creole
Western Belize languageUsed Belizean Kriol
linked to: Belizean Creole