Montserrat

Summary

Official Name

Population

5,370

Principal Languages

English

Literacy Rate

97% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)

Language Counts

The number of established languages listed for Montserrat is 2. All are living languages. Of these, 1 is indigenous and 1 is non-indigenous. Furthermore, 1 is institutional and 1 is vigorous.

Languages

English eng: Users: 130 in Montserrat (2020). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
Leeward Caribbean English Creole aig: Widespread. Users: 5,130 in Montserrat (2020). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Broken English, Creole, Dialect, Montserrat Creole English, Patwa Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern