GD
Grenada
Summary
Official Name
International Conventions
CPPDCE (2009), CSICH (2009), ICCPR (1991), UNCRPD (2014)
Population
113,000
Principal Languages
English
Literacy Rate
99% (2014 UNESCO)
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Grenada is 4. All are living languages. Of these, 2 are indigenous and 2 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 1 is institutional, 2 are vigorous, and 1 is dying.
Languages
- American Sign Language ase
- Scattered. Users: 340 in Grenada (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 225–450 deaf signers, approximately 0.2%–0.4% of the total population. Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: ASL Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language
- English eng
- Users: 5,650 in Grenada (2020). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
- Grenadian English Creole gcl
- Widespread. Users: 107,000 (2020). Status: 6a (Vigorous). De facto language of national identity. Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern
- Lesser Antillean French Creole acf
- Carriacou department: Carriacou island; Grenada island: northeast St. Andrew, St. Mark north of Victoria, and St. Patrick parishes. Scattered, mainly rural. Users: 3 in Grenada (Ferreira and Holbrook 2001), decreasing. Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Alternate Names: Créole, French Creole, French-lexicon Creole, French-lexified Creole, Kwéyòl, Patois, Patwa Classification: Creole, French based
Languages by Status
English
[eng] 1 (National). De facto national language. 5,650 in Grenada (2020).
Creole Languages of the Eastern Caribbean
Language Vitality Profile
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Language Status Profile
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