ACF ISO 639-3
Lesser Antillean French Creole
Kwéyòl Autonym
A language of Saint Lucia
- ISO 639
- acf
- Alternate Names
- Créole, French Creole, French-lexicon Creole, French-lexified Creole, Patois, Patwa
- Autonym
- Kwéyòl
- Population
- 131,000 in Saint Lucia (2016). Total users in all countries: 702,353.
- Location:
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing). De facto language of national identity.
- Classification
- Creole, French based
- Dialects
- Grenadian French Creole, Saint Lucian French Creole. Not intelligible with standard French [fra]. All French creoles of the Caribbean are somewhat mutually inherently intelligible (Goodman 1964). Dominica dialect is virtually the same as Saint Lucia (97%–99% intelligibility).
- Language Use
- In French-influenced islands nearly all speak Creole as L1, although also a local variety of standard French [fra]. In English influence areas, Creole has less standing, and speakers have a low literacy rate. All domains. Also use English [eng]. Also use French [fra].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 36%. Literature. Newspapers. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1999.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Lesser Antillean French Creole
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Loanwords from Island Carib [car] and Arawak [arw]. Christian. View other languages of Dominica
Language Name
Lesser Antillean French Creole
User Population
56,000 in Dominica (2021 Joshua Project). , based on ethnicity.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of France
Language Name
Lesser Antillean French Creole
User Population
150,000 in France (2015 J. Leclerc).
- Location
- Carriacou department: Carriacou island; Grenada island: northeast St. Andrew, St. Mark north of Victoria, and St. Patrick parishes. Scattered, mainly rural.
- Dialects
- Grenadian Creole French.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct)
- Other Comments
- The same as, or similar to, that spoken in Saint Lucia (Alleyne n.d.). Christian. View other languages of Grenada
Language Name
Lesser Antillean French Creole
User Population
3 in Grenada (Ferreira and Holbrook 2001), decreasing.
- Location
- Widespread.
- Dialects
- Martiniquan French Creole (Martinican Creole).
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- There is a continuum of variation from basilectal Creole to acrolectal French of the educated. View other languages of Martinique
Language Name
Lesser Antillean French Creole
User Population
361,000 in Martinique (2019).
- Location
- Trinidad: Diego Martin municipality, peninsular coastal settlements north of the capital.
- Dialects
- Trinidadian French Creole.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Trinidad and Tobago
Language Name
Lesser Antillean French Creole
User Population
4,100 in Trinidad and Tobago (2020 Joshua Project). , based on ethnicity.
Map
Location: Widespread.
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