Cayman Islands

Summary

Official Name

Population

64,200

Principal Languages

English

Literacy Rate

99% (2007 UNESCO)

General References

Holm 1989

Language Counts

The number of established languages listed for Cayman Islands is 2. All are living languages. Of these, 0 are indigenous and 2 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 1 is institutional and 1 is developing. Also listed are 2 unestablished languages.

Languages

American Sign Language ase: Scattered. Users: 65 in Cayman Islands (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated assuming 0.1% of total population. Another estimate: 50–200 (Parks and Williams 2011). Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: ASL Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language
English eng: Users: 50,000 in Cayman Islands (2012 UNSD). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
Spanish spa: Users: 2,190 in Cayman Islands (2012 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian
Tagalog tgl: Users: 1,850 in Cayman Islands (2015 World Factbook). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Tagalog

Languages by Status

1 (National)

English

[eng] 1 (National). De facto national language. 50,000 in Cayman Islands (2012 UNSD).

5 (Developing)

American Sign Language

[ase] 5* (Developing). 65 in Cayman Islands (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated assuming 0.1% of total population. Another estimate: 50–200 (Parks and Williams 2011).